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44. Bethlehem, of noblest cities

Text Information
First Line: Bethlehem, of noblest cities
Latin Title: O sola magnarum urbium
Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-413)
Translator: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) (alt.)
Meter: 87. 87. Trochaic
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Epiphany
Tune Information
Name: TRES MAGI DE GENTIBUS
Harmonizer: George R. Woodward
Meter: 87. 87. Trochaic
Key: E Major
Source: Catholische geistliche Gesänge, Andernach (1608)
Copyright: Harm. © A. R. Mowbray and Company, Ltd. in "The Cowley Carol Book"
Notes: Public Domain



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