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SUO GAN

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SUO GAN

Published in 16 hymnals


Audio files: Recording

Tune Information

Title: SUO GAN
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 12352 13212 35231
Key: D Major
Source: Welsh melody
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

Now the Heavens Start to WhisperChrist before UsAs the Winter Days Grow LongerOtherHighcharts.com
Now the Heavens Start to Whisper

Christ before Us

As the Winter Days Grow Longer

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Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals195019551960196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com
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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Augsburg Organ Library Advent Series II
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Alec Rowley; James Biery
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2018) pp. 143
  • Gathered to Worship Volume 3: Organ Music based on Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Benjamin Kolodziej
    Published By: GIA Publications, Inc. (2018) pp. 87
  • Gathered to Worship Volume 1: Organ Music based on Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harold J. Owen
    Published By: GIA Publications, Inc. (2016) pp. 81
  • Augsburg Organ Library Healing and Funeral
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; David Evan Thomas
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2013) pp. 129
  • The Eventide Collection: Organ
    Composer/Editor Franklin D. Ashdown
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2006) pp. 3
  • Choraleworks Set II: Tne Chorale Preludes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Gerald Near
    Published By: Paraclete Press (1995) pp. 19

Piano Solo

  • A Global Piano Tour
    Composer/Editor Mark Sedio
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 3
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Instances

Instances (1 - 15 of 15)

All Creation Sings #901

All Creation Sings #901

All Creation Sings #924

All Creation Sings #924

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #409

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #409

Christian Worship #647

Christian Worship #647

Christian Worship #669

Christian Worship #669

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #586

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #586
Text InfoAudio

Glory to God #231

Glory to God #231

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #640

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #640

One and All Rejoice #257

One and All Rejoice #257

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #259

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #259

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #301

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #301

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #505

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #505

Voices Together #237

Voices Together #237

Worship (4th ed.) #408

Worship (4th ed.) #408

Worship (4th ed.) #479

Worship (4th ed.) #479
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