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Text:A City Radiant as a Bride
Author:Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926
Tune:WIBERG
Composer:K. Lee Scott

39. A City Radiant as a Bride

Text Information
First Line: A city radiant as a bride
Title: A City Radiant as a Bride
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926
Meter: 86 86 D
Publication Date: 2000
Topic: The World to Come
Copyright: © 1987 Hope Publishing Company
CCLI Number: 3268700
Notes: WIBERG, commissioned for the Adult Choir of Crossroads Church, Overland Park KS, in memory of Ed Wiberg. Asphodel (stanza 2) is traditionally the immortal flower of the Elysian fields.
Tune Information
Name: WIBERG
Composer: K. Lee Scott
Meter: 86 86 D
Key: d minor



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