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Text:The glory of these forty days
Author (attributed to):Gregory the Great (d. 604)
Translator:Maurice F. Bell
Tune:ERHALT UNS, HERR
Harmonizer:Hans Leo Hassler

254. The glory of these forty days

Text Information
First Line: The glory of these forty days
Title: The glory of these forty days
Author (attributed to): Gregory the Great (d. 604)
Translator: Maurice F. Bell (1906)
Meter: 8888
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Source: Latin
Copyright: Words from The English Hymnal, by permission of Oxford University Press
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ERHALT UNS, HERR
Harmonizer: Hans Leo Hassler (1608)
Meter: 8888
Key: e minor or modal
Source: melody in Klug's Geistliche Lieder, 1543



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