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When Shall We Learn

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Author: W. H. Auden

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First Line: When shall we learn, what should be clear as day
Title: When Shall We Learn
Author: W. H. Auden
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Copyright: © 1943, renewed 1971 by W. H. Auden, used by perm. of Random House, Inc.
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Tune

FLENTGE

FLENTGE was commissioned for Songs of Thanks and Praise: A Hymnal Supplement (1980), where it was set to "Eternal Spirit of the Living Christ." Composer Carl Schalk named the tune after his mother's family name, which is also his middle name. FLENTGE is music for unison singing, in four long phrases…

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Singing the Living Tradition #334

Singing the Living Tradition #334
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