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Sent Forth by God's Blessing

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Author: Omer Westendorf

Omer Westendorf, one of the earliest lyricists for Roman Catholic liturgical music in English, died on October 22, 1997, at the age of eighty-one. Born on February 24, 1916, Omer got his start in music publishing after World War II, when he brought home for his parish choir in Cincinnati some of the Mass settings he had discovered in Holland. Interest in the new music being published in Europe led to his creation of the World Library of Sacred Music, initially a music-importing firm that brought much of this new European repertoire to U.S. parishes. Operating out of a garage in those early years, Omer often joked about the surprised expressions of visitors who stopped by and found a wide range of sheet music in various states of “stora… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sent forth by God's blessing
Title: Sent Forth by God's Blessing
Author: Omer Westendorf (1964)
Meter: 6.6.11.6.6.11 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1964 World Library Publications, Inc.

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Instances

Instances (1 - 39 of 39)

Ambassador Hymnal #284

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #387

Catholic Book of Worship III #533

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #519

Christian Worship (1993) #318

Christian Worship #932

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #443

Community of Christ Sings #648

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CPWI Hymnal #618

Audio

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #547

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #532

Hymnal Supplement II #79

Hymnal #478

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #510

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #578

Hymns of the Saints #493

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #768

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #740

Audio

Lift Up Your Hearts #936

Lutheran Service Book #643

Lutheran Worship #247

One in Faith #817

One in Faith #825

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #647

Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship #307

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #880

Santo, Santo, Santo #715

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #407

The Book of Praise #775

The Covenant Hymnal #664

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #391

The New Century Hymnal #76

Audio

The United Methodist Hymnal #664

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #327

Together in Song #531

Voices Together #812

Voices United #481

Worship and Rejoice #712

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #366

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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