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Text:O splendor of God's glory bright
Author:Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-c.397)
Tune:PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Composer (melody):Michael Praetorius
Harmonizer:George R. Woodward

350. O splendor of God's glory bright

Text Information
First Line: O splendor of God's glory bright
Title: O splendor of God's glory bright
Latin Title: Splendor paternae gloriae
Author: Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-c.397)
Meter: 8888
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Topic: Morning
Source: translation based on Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904
Tune Information
Name: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Composer (melody): Michael Praetorius (1609)
Harmonizer: George R. Woodward (1910)
Meter: 8888
Key: D Major
Source: melody in Michael Praetorius's Musae Sionae



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