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Text:O Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Translator:John Webster Grant
Tune:KOMM, GOTT SCHÖPFER

287. O Holy Spirit, by whose breath

Text Information
First Line: O Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Title: O Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Translator: John Webster Grant (1971)
Meter: 8888
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Topic: The Spirit and the Church
Source: Medieval, 9th or 10th century
Copyright: Words copyright 1971 John Webster Grant
Tune Information
Name: KOMM, GOTT SCHÖPFER
Meter: 8888
Key: B♭ Major
Source: adaptation of Veni Creator Spiritus in Joseph Klug's Geistliche Lieder, 1533; harmony adapted from Seth Calvisius, 1597



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