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Comme un souffle fragile(As a Sigh Great with Yearning)

Ta parole est murmure (Your Word is a murm’ring)

Author: Pierre Jacob; Adapter: Andrew Donaldson
Tune: COMME UN SOUFFLE FRAGILE
ONE LICENSE: 109410
Published in 1 hymnal


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Author: Pierre Jacob

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Adapter: Andrew Donaldson

Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ta parole est murmure (Your Word is a murm’ring)
Title: Comme un souffle fragile(As a Sigh Great with Yearning)
Author: Pierre Jacob
Adapter: Andrew Donaldson
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
Language: French
Refrain First Line: Comme un souffle fragile (As a sigh great with yearning)
Copyright: © 1988, 1994 Réveil Publications; trans. © 2017 Andrew Donaldson

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