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Text:O Word, proceeding forth on high
Tune:VERBUM SUPERNUM PRODIENS
Harmonizer:DNS

4. O Word, proceeding forth on high

Text Information
First Line: O Word, proceeding forth on high
Latin Title: Verbum supernum prodiens
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Advent
Source: Latin, 10th Century; Translation: Translations Committee for The Hymnal (1940), alt.
Copyright: © Translation Committee for "The Hymnal" (1940)
Tune Information
Name: VERBUM SUPERNUM PRODIENS
Harmonizer: DNS
Meter: L.M.
Key: e minor or modal
Source: Mode II plainsong
Copyright: Harmony © 1970 DNS



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