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233. King of the martyr's noble band

Text Information
First Line: King of the martyr's noble band
Latin Title: Rex gloriose martyrum
Translator: John Webster Grant (1919- )
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Source: Latin, 6th Century
Copyright: Used by permission of John Webster Grant
Tune Information
Name: SLUMBER
Harmonizer: DNS
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 53454 31714 57117
Key: d minor or modal
Source: Southern U.S.A.
Copyright: Harm. © 1970 by Dominican Nuns of Summit NJ



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