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And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

We Praise You, Father, for Your Gift

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Author: Malling Abbey

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Text Information

First Line: We praise you, Father, for your gift
Title: We Praise You, Father, for Your Gift
Author: Malling Abbey
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: © Benedictine Nuns of Malling Abbey
Language: English

Tune

TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM (13244)


TALLIS' CANON

TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…

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GONFALON ROYAL

Percy C. Buck (b. West Ham, Essex, England, 1871; d. Hindhead, Haslemere, Surrey, England, 1947), director of music at the well-known British boys' academy Harrow School, wrote GONFALON ROYAL for “The royal banners forward go” (gonfalon is an ancient Anglo-Norman word meaning banner). Buck publi…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Ancient and Modern #25

Catholic Book of Worship III #679

Common Praise (1998) #33

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #25

RitualSong #22

Worship (3rd ed.) #20

Worship (3rd ed.) #680

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