When the sun had sunk to rest

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When the sun had sunk to rest

Tune: GLORIA (French)
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	A Christmas Suite

Choral
	Angels We Have Heard on High

Instrumental
	A Carol Suite for Flute, Clarinet or Obo…

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Text Information

First Line:	When the sun had sunk to rest
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Gloria in excelsis Deo
Copyright:	Public Domain

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GLORIA (French)

GLORIA is the French noel tune traditionally associated with this text. The popularity of this carol stems from its refrain–all those cascading phrases in which human beings imitate the angels' chorus. Try using the refrain by itself as a short choral introit during the Christmas season, perhaps w…

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