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[The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home]

[The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home]

Composer: Stephen Collins Foster
Published in 22 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Stephen Collins Foster

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Tune Information

Title: [The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home]
Composer: Stephen Collins Foster
Incipit: 12331 23434 65432
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #495
Text: Beyond the Blue
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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The Cyber Hymnal #495

The Cyber Hymnal #495
Include 21 pre-1979 instances
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