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Text:How dazzling fair art Thou, O Life and Light!
Author:Johann Scheffler (1624-1677)
Paraphraser:George R. Woodward (1848-1934)
Tune:PSALM 1
Adapter:Louis Bourgeois (c.1510-c. 1561)
Harmonizer:Claude Goudimel (1508-1572)

419. How dazzling fair art Thou, O Life and Light!

Text Information
First Line: How dazzling fair art Thou, O Life and Light!
German Title: Wie schön bist du, mein Leben und mein Licht
Author: Johann Scheffler (1624-1677)
Paraphraser: George R. Woodward (1848-1934) (alt.)
Meter: 10 10.11 11.10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Praise, Trust, Petition
Source: Songs of Syon (1923)
Copyright: By permission of Schott and Son, Ltd.
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PSALM 1
Adapter: Louis Bourgeois (c.1510-c. 1561)
Harmonizer: Claude Goudimel (1508-1572)
Meter: 10 10.11 11.10 10
Incipit: 56535 43421 13455
Key: D Major
Source: Strassburg Psalter (1539)



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