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Praise for the Spirit of God

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Author: John E. Bowers

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Tune

SALVE FESTA DIES (Vaughan Williams)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) composed SALVE FESTA DIES as a setting for Venantius H. Fortunatus's (PHH 400) famous text "Hail Thee, Festival Day." The tune, whose title comes from the opening words of that text, was published in The English Hymnal of 1906. Like SINE NOMINE (505), this tune is vi…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Ancient and Modern #237

Common Praise #399

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #95

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #444

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #229

Together in Song #423

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