Text:Hail Thee, Festival Day
Author (sts. 1, 3 and refrain):Venantius Fortunatus, c. 530-609
Author (sts. 2, 4):Mark A. Jeske, b. 1952
Tune:SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1948

179. Hail Thee, Festival Day

Text Information
First Line: Lo, in the likeness of the fire
Title: Hail Thee, Festival Day
Author (sts. 1, 3 and refrain): Venantius Fortunatus, c. 530-609 (abr.)
Author (sts. 2, 4): Mark A. Jeske, b. 1952
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Pentecost
Source: Translation composite, refrain, st. 1, 3)
Copyright: St.1, 3 Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press. *Text st.2,4: © 1993 Mark A. Jeske. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1948
Meter: Irregular
Key: F Major
Copyright: Tune and Setting: From the English Hymnal. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press.



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