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Text:Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels
Author (attributed to):Rabanus Maurus, 776-856
Translator:C. S. Phillips, 1883-1949
Tune:COELITES PLAUDANT
Harmonizer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

246. Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels

Text Information
First Line: Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels
Author (attributed to): Rabanus Maurus, 776-856
Translator: C. S. Phillips, 1883-1949
Meter: 11 11 11 5
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: St. Michael and All Angels
Copyright: © Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd.
Tune Information
Name: COELITES PLAUDANT
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 11 11 11 5
Key: C Major
Source: Rouen Antiphoner, 1728
Copyright: Harmony © Oxford University Press. From "The English Hymnal"



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