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The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound

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Author: Adam M. L. Tice

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First Line: The church of Christ cannot be bound
Title: The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound
Author: Adam M. L. Tice (2005)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Place of Origin: United States
Language: English
Copyright: © 2005 GIA Publications, Inc.
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MCKEE

MC KEE has an interesting history. According to a letter from Charles V. Stanford (PHH 512) to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (who arranged the tune for piano in his Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, 1905), MC KEE was originally an Irish tune taken to the United States and adapted by African American slaves. It…

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ST. PETER (Reinagle)

Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (b. Brighton, Sussex, England, 1799; d. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, 1877), ST. PETER was published as a setting for Psalm 118 in Reinagle's Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (c. 1836). The tune first appeared with Newton's text in Hymns Ancient and Mode…

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