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O Dawn of All Creation

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O Dawn of all creation

Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939
Tune: ANDÚJAR
Published in 3 hymnals


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Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939

Delores Dufner is a member of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, with Master's Degrees in Liturgical Music and Liturgical Studies. She is currently a member and a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, the National Pastoral Musicians (NPM), the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the Monastic Worship Forum. Delores is a writer of liturgical, scripturally based hymn and song texts which have a broad ecumenical appeal and are contracted or licensed by 34 publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and China. She has received more than 50 commissions to write texts for special occasions or needs and has published over 200 hymns, many of which h… Go to person page >

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First Line: O Dawn of all creation
Title: O Dawn of All Creation
Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Publication Date: 2012
Copyright: © 1999, 2003, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #338

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #338

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #663

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #663

Worship (4th ed.) #548

Worship (4th ed.) #548
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