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As the Restless Hart Is Longing

Author: Manuel da Silveira Porto Filho

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Translator: João Wilson Faustini

b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark is the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. [Source?] Go to person page >

Versifier: Barbara J. Owen

Owen, Barbara. (Utica, New York, January 25, 1933-- ). Educated at Westminster Choir College (Mus.B.) and Boston University (Mus.M.). Served as organist of several churches, and in 1963 was organist and choir director of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Edited organ and choral music and wrote books on the organ. Active in the A.G.O. and other professional organizations. Appointed a contributing editor of the Journal of Church Music in 1978; also published in The Hymn. --Information from a letter from Barbara Owen to Leonard Ellinwood, 19 July 1979, DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

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First Line: As the restless hart is longing
Title: As the Restless Hart Is Longing
Author: Manuel da Silveira Porto Filho
Translator: João Wilson Faustini
Versifier: Barbara J. Owen
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7
Language: English
Copyright: Original Portuguese text and English translation © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions Inc., for all countries of the world except Brazil and Portugal; English metrical version © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions,Inc.
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