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142. Angels We Have Heard on High

Text Information
First Line: Angels we have heard on high
Title: Angels We Have Heard on High
Adapter: Earl Marlatt (1892-1976) (1937)
Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Meter: 7.7.7.7.Ref.
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture:
Topic: Jesus Christ: Birth
Source: French carol; Tr. in Crown of Jeus, 1862, alt.
Copyright: From The New Church Hymnal copyright © 1937 by Flemming H. Revell Company; renewal © 1965 H. Augustine Smith, Jr. Published by Flemming H. Revell Company.
Tune Information
Name: GLORIA
Arranger: Edward Shippen Barnes (1887-1958) (1937)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.Ref.
Incipit: 33355 43323 53213
Key: F Major or modal
Source: French carol
Copyright: From The New Church Hymnal copyright © 1937 by Flemming H. Revell Company; renewal © 1965 H. Augustine Smith, Jr. Published by Flemming H. Revell Company.



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