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The Birth of Christ

Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Softly, softly through the midnight Used With Tune: [Softly, softly through the midnight]

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Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benjamin S. Dise Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 31313 53242 42365 Used With Text: Christmas Hymn

[Softly, softly through the midnight]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: E. Revere Incipit: 32365 54517 76732 Used With Text: The Birth of Christ

[Softly, softly thro' the midnight]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Herring Incipit: 34556 53555 61765 Used With Text: Christmas Hymn

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

The Birth of Christ

Hymnal: Hymnal for Primary Classes #138 (1896) First Line: Softly, softly through the midnight Languages: English Tune Title: [Softly, softly through the midnight]

Softly, softly through the midnight

Hymnal: Hymnal for Primary Classes #138 (1896) Languages: English

Softly, softly, through the midnight

Author: A. Deming Hymnal: Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined #d278 (1895) Languages: English

Anna Deming

Person Name: A. Deming Author of "Softly, softly, through the midnight" in Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Christmas Hymn" in Songs and Praises 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.