Glory to God ‎#277

277. Hail Thee, Festival Day!

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Text Information

• First Line: All the fair beauty of earth (He who was nailed to the cross) (Bright and in likeness of fire)
• Title: Hail Thee, Festival Day!
• Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus (567c.–576)
• Refrain First Line: Hail thee, festival day!
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 150:6
  ;
  Isaiah 11:2
  ;
  John 1:3-5
  ;
  John 3:16
  ;
  John 14:27
  ;
  Acts 2:1-4
  ;
  1 John 1:9
• Topic: Christian Year: Ascension; Christian Year: Pentecost; Jesus Christ: Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ: Resurrection
• Source: Trans. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978, alt.
• Copyright: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (admin. Augsburg Fortress)
• ONE LICENSE: 64173

Tune Information

• Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.

Text Information:

This three-occasion hymn has been extracted from a much longer Latin original of fifty-five two-line stanzas. Though it is doubtful that the entire text was used much, selections from it have flourished for centuries. This celebratory tune is one of the composer’s most effective.