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216. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

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Text Information
First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Title: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Translator (stanzas 1-2): Theodore Baker (1894)
Meter: 76.76.676
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Scripture:
Topic: Christ's Gracious Life: Promised Coming; Christian Year: Advent; Jesus Christ (2 more...)
Source: Sts. 1-2, 15th cent. German; st. 3 from The Hymnal, 1940
Copyright: St 3 © 1940, 1943, renewed 1971 The Church Pension Fund.
Tune Information
Name: ES IST EIN ROS
Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius (1609)
Meter: 76.76.676
Key: F Major
Source: Alte Catholische Geisltiche Kirchengasäng, Cologne, 1599



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