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Canticle of Zachary

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Author: Ruth C. Duck

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Text Information

First Line: Now bless the God of Israel
Title: Canticle of Zachary
Latin Title: Benedictus
Author: Ruth C. Duck
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Source: Benedictus
Language: English
Copyright: © 1992 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Tune

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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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)

Gather (3rd ed.) #103

Gather (3rd ed.) #103

Gather Comprehensive #5

Gather Comprehensive #5

Gather Comprehensive #775

Gather Comprehensive #775

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #5

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #5

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #45

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #45

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #697

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #697

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #90

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #90

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #128

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #128

RitualSong #7

RitualSong #7

Singing Our Faith #4

Singing Our Faith #4

The New Century Hymnal #110

The New Century Hymnal #110

Worship (4th ed.) #125

Worship (4th ed.) #125
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