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356. Lo, the blest Cross is displayed

Text Information
First Line: Lo, the blest Cross is displayed
Latin Title: Crux benedicta nitet
Author: Venantius Fortunatus (c. 530-609)
Translator: John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Translator: George H. Palmer (1846-1926) (1l5.)
Meter: 78.77 (Elegaic), Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Triumph of the Cross
Tune Information
Name: CRUX BENEDICTA NITET
Harmonizer: DNS
Meter: 78.77 (Elegaic), Irregular
Incipit: 32121 71334 33543
Key: g minor
Source: Mode II plainsong from the Bayeux Antiphoner
Copyright: Harm. © 1970 by Dominican Nuns of Summit NJ



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