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The Call is Clear and Simple

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Author: Ruth C. Duck

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Text Information

First Line: The call is clear and simple
Title: The Call is Clear and Simple
Author: Ruth C. Duck
Language: English
Copyright: © 1992, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Tune

PASSION CHORALE (Hassler)

The tune HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN has been associated with Gerhardt's text ["O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"] since they were first published together in 1656. The tune's first association with a sacred text was its attachment in 1913 [sic: should read 1613] to Christoph Knoll's funeral text "Herzl…

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NYLAND

NYLAND, named for a province in Finland, is a folk melody from Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland. In fact, the tune is also known as KUORTANE. NYLAND was first published with a hymn text in an appendix to the 1909 edition of the Finnish Suomen Evankelis Luterilaisen Kirken Koraalikirja. It gaine…

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Gather (3rd ed.) #707

Gather (3rd ed.) #707

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #604

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #604

Sing a New Creation #103

Sing a New Creation #103
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