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42a. O Nazareth, home royal, blest

Text Information
First Line: O Nazareth, home royal, blest
Latin Title: O gente felix hospita
Author: Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Source: Trans.: Irish Dominican Fathers (Dominican Breviary in English), alt.
Copyright: Translation © 1967 by The Irish Dominican Fathers
Notes: Three stanzas omitted.
Tune Information
Name: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
Harmonizer: Frank Campbell-Watson
Meter: L.M.
Key: C Major
Source: Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig (1539)
Copyright: Harmony © 1966 by Benziger Editions Inc., used by permission of Benziger Bruce and Glencoe, Inc.



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