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Text:The whole bright world rejoices now
Tune:DIE GANZE WELT
Composer (descant):DNS
Harmonizer:Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

91. The whole bright world rejoices now

Text Information
First Line: The whole bright world rejoices now
German Title: Die ganze Welt
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Easter
Source: Kölnisches Gesangbuch (1623); Trans.: The Oxford Book of Carols (1928); Alt.: The Cowley Carol Book (1947)
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press and A. R. Mowbray and Company Ltd.
Tune Information
Name: DIE GANZE WELT
Harmonizer: Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
Composer (descant): DNS
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 13215 76544 76554
Key: e minor or modal
Source: Kölnisches Gesangbuch (1623); Harm.: The Oxford Book of Carols (1928)
Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press; Descant © 1970 DNS



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