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Broken Cisterns Walled in Stone

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Author: Genevieve Glen

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First Line: Broken cisterns walled in stone
Title: Broken Cisterns Walled in Stone
Author: Genevieve Glen
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: © 1998, The Benedictine Nuns of the Abbey of St. Walburga. Published by OCP Publications

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NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND

NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND is a chorale derived from a chant. Among the simplest of the Lutheran repertoire, it is framed by identical lines–l and 4. Sing the entire hymn with antiphonal groups (the practice its original Latin author, Ambrose, strongly promoted). Sing some stanzas in unison and o…

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