Blessed Be the God of Israel

Blessed be the God of Israel, Who comes to set us free

Author: Carl P. Daw
Tune: FOREST GREEN
Published in 10 hymnals

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FlexScoreBlessed Be the God of Israel (Luke 1:68-79)

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O Little Town of Bethlehem

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Source: Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #67
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Author: Carl P. Daw

The Reverend Carl P. Daw, Jr. Curator of Hymnological Collections Adjunct Professor of Hymnology B.A. Rice University M.A. University of Virginia M.Div. University of the South Ph.D. University of Virginia D. D. Virginia Theological Seminary The Reverend Dr. Carl P. Daw Jr., is an Episcopal priest and writer who served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada from 1996 to 2009, while this ecumenical and international organization had its headquarters at Boston University School of Theology. Dr. Daw continues as an Adjunct Professor of Hymnology in the Master of Sacred Music program and acts as the Curator of the Hymnological Collections in the STH Library. In addition to his experience… Go to person page >

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First Line: Blessed be the God of Israel, Who comes to set us free
Title: Blessed Be the God of Israel
Author: Carl P. Daw
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Source: Song of Zechariah (para.)
Copyright: Text © 1989 Hope Publishing Co.
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FOREST GREEN

FOREST GREEN is an English folk tune associated with the ballad "The Ploughboy's Dream." Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) turned FOREST GREEN into a hymn tune for The English Hymnal (1906), using it as a setting for "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Shaped in rounded bar form (AABA), FOREST GREEN has th…

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SHEPHERD'S PIPES

Annabeth McClelland Gay (b. Ottawa, IL, 1925) composed SHEPHERDS' PIPES in 1952, and her husband matched it with a hymn text to send as Christmas greetings. She wrote, "When I played it for him, he said, 'I wonder if Palestinian shepherds played on pipes, because that's what this tune reminds me of.…

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SONG OF ZACHARIAS


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Instances

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