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Glory be to God on high

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Paraphraser: Paul Gibson

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Text Information

First Line: Glory to God on high, And peace to all on earth
Title: Glory be to God on high
Paraphraser: Paul Gibson
Source: Glory to God (Gloria in excelsis, Greek hymn, 200?)
Publication Date: 1998
Copyright: Para. © Paul Gibson

Tune

DARWALL

Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…

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Common Praise (1998) #365

CPWI Hymnal #547

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