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62. Gabriel's message does away

Text Information
First Line: Gabriel's message does away
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Refrain First Line: Igitur Porta coeli panditur
Meter: 777 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Lent
Source: The Cowley Carol Book and The Oxford Book of Carols
Tune Information
Name: ANGELUS EMITTITUR
Composer: Didrik Pedersen of Åbo
Harmonizer: Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943)
Meter: 777 with Refrain
Key: f♯ minor
Source: Piae Cantiones Greifswald (1582)
Copyright: Harmony © Oxford University Press in "The Oxford Book of Carols"
Notes: Public Domain



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