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12. Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Text Information
First Line: Open now thy gates of beauty
Title: Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878 (1863)
Author: Benjamin Schmolk, 1672-1737 (1732)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7. Trochaic
Language: English
Publication Date: 1969
Topic: Public Worship: Adoration and Praise
Tune Information
Name: MELANCHTHON
Composer: J. C. Bach (?), 1642-1703 (c. 1680)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7. Trochaic
Key: G Major
Source: Meiningen Gesangbuch, 1693; C. Gregor Choralbuch, 1784


Tune Information:

(89, B)


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