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MEGALÓPOLIS

Composer: João Wilson Faustini

b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark is the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. [Source?] Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: MEGALÓPOLIS
Composer: João Wilson Faustini
Meter: 10.9.10.9.
Incipit: 11112 32171 12222
Key: f minor
Copyright: © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc., for all countries of the world except Brazil and Portugal

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