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Text:God reigns! The people proclaim with great joy
Author:Coelius Sedulius (c. 450)
Translator:Lucien Deiss
Tune:CARMEN PASCHALE
Composer:Lucien Deiss (1921- )

95. God reigns! The people proclaim with great joy

Text Information
First Line: God reigns! The people proclaim with great joy
Latin Title: Carmen Paschale
Author: Coelius Sedulius (c. 450)
Translator: Lucien Deiss
Refrain First Line: Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
Meter: Irregular with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Easter
Source: Biblical Hymns and Psalms, Vol. 1 (1965)
Copyright: Translation © 1965 by World Library Publications
Tune Information
Name: CARMEN PASCHALE
Composer: Lucien Deiss (1921- )
Meter: Irregular with Refrain
Incipit: 13343 45541 11757
Key: e minor or modal
Source: Biblical Hymns and Psalms, Vol. 1 (1965)
Copyright: © 1965 by World Library Publications



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