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Text:I Am That Great and Fiery Force
Author:Hildegard of Bingen
Tune:DE SPIRITU SANCTO
Arranger:Benjamin Bergey

663. I Am That Great and Fiery Force

Text Information
First Line: I am that great and fiery force
Title: I Am That Great and Fiery Force
Author: Hildegard of Bingen
Meter: LM
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Children: Appropriate for; Creation: God as Creator; God: Images and Names of (4 more...)
Source: Liber Divinorum Operum (The Book of Divine Works), 12th c.; trans. Singing the Living Tradition, 1993
Copyright: trans. © Singing the Living Tradition
Tune Information
Name: DE SPIRITU SANCTO
Arranger: Benjamin Bergey
Meter: LM
Incipit: 15451 76543 42134
Key: c minor
Source: based on chant “Spiritus sanctus vivificans,” Hildegard of Bingen, 12th c.
Copyright: arr. © 2019 Benjamin Bergey



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