Sing Praise to Our Creator

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Sing praise to our Creator, Redeemed of Adam's race

Author: Omer Westendorf
Tune: GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN
Published in 4 hymnals

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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: Sing praise to our Creator, Redeemed of Adam's race
Title: Sing Praise to Our Creator
Author: Omer Westendorf
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O most holy Trinity
Copyright: © 1962, World Library Publications, Inc., a division of GIA Publications, Inc.

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Christian Worship #480

One in Faith #660

RitualSong #620

Singing Our Faith #160

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