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[Hark, the pealing, softly stealing]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous Incipit: 12313 45365 22212 Used With Text: The Evening Bells
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EVENING BELL

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 12313 45323 55434 Used With Text: Evening bell

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Hark! the pealing, Softly stealing

Hymnal: The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #CXXXIII[CXXIII] (1857)

Hark, the pealing, softly stealing

Hymnal: Linden Harp #d33 (1856) Languages: English

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Anonymous

Composer of "[Hark, the pealing, softly stealing]" in The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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