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263. Lo! A Light Is in the East

Text Information
First Line: Lo! A light is in the East (Seht, im Osten wird es hell!)
Title: Lo! A Light Is in the East
Author: Otto Salomon (1921)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Language: English; German
Publication Date: 1977
Topic: Advent
Copyright: Tr. © Plough Publishing House
Tune Information
Name: [Lo! A light is in the East]
Composer: Johannes Reimann, 1702-1749
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Incipit: 55314 65553 1465
Key: D Major



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