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WILLIAMS BAY

Composer: Daniel Moe

Moe, Daniel was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1926. He was the son of a Lutheran minister. He served with the Naval Air Corps Band during WWII from 1944-1946. He received an A.B. from Concordia, his M. A. from Washington, and his Ph.D. form Iowa in 1961). He taught at the University of Denver, 1953-1959, and later served as choral conductor at Oberlin College for 20 years, from 1972-1992. He retired and moved to Sarasota, FL where he directed the Key Chorale until 2006. He died May 25, 2012 at the age of 85. --The Observer, 12 December 1991, p.3; Oberlin Alumni Magazine September/October 1972, and Mary Louise VanDyke DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: WILLIAMS BAY
Composer: Daniel Moe
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 12354 32115 3654
Key: F Major
Source: The Contemporary Liturgy
Copyright: © 1963 Lutheran Student Association of America
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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 42: General: Were - Z
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Paul Nicholson
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 17

Organ Solo

  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 42: General: Were - Z
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Paul Nicholson
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 16
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Lutheran Book of Worship #521

Lutheran Book of Worship #521
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