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214. O what light and glory

Text Information
First Line: O what light and glory
Latin Title: O quam glorifica
Translator: Thomas Isaac Ball (1838-1916)
Meter: 66.66 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: The Virgin Mary
Source: Latin, 8th-9th Century; Tr.: Songs of Syon (1923)
Copyright: Tr. by permission of Schott and Son, Ltd.
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: O QUAM GLORIFICA
Harmonizer: DNS
Meter: 66.66 D
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Mode II plaingson
Copyright: Harm. © 1970 by Dominican Nuns of Summit NJ



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