Jag lyfter mina händer

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Jag lyfter mina händer

Author: J. Arrhenius
Tune: AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: J. Arrhenius

Jakob Arrhenius was a Swedish hymnwriter and sacred poet. In 1687, Arrhenius became a professor of history at Upsala University, Sweden. Source: Julian, John, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907, p. 1000 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jag lyfter mina händer
Author:	J. Arrhenius
Language:	Swedish
Copyright:	Public Domain

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AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE

GENEVAN 130 was first published in the 1539 edition of the Genevan Psalter. The 1564 harmonization by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) originally placed the melody in the tenor. GENEVAN 130 is a Dorian tune consisting of four long lines in which the rhythm of line 3 is a fitting contrast to the repeated rhyt…

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