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51. All Creatures of Our God, Now Sing

Text Information
First Line: All creatures of our God, now sing
Title: All Creatures of Our God, Now Sing
Author: St. Francis of Assisi (1225)
Translator: William H. Draper (1925, alt.)
Meter: 88.44.88 w. alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Copyright: Tr. © 1923, ren. J. Curwen & Sons Ltd., admin. G. Schirmer
Tune Information
Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: 88.44.88 w. alleluias
Key: D Major
Source: Harm. The English Hymnal, 1906; Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne, 1623


Text Information:

This hymn is based on St. Francis' 'Canticle of the Sun,' considered to be the first religious poem written in Italian


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