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90. Aujourd'hui, le Roi des cieux (The First Nowell)

Text Information
First Line: Aujourd'hui, le Roi des cieux, au milieu de la nuit
Title: Aujourd'hui, le Roi des cieux (The First Nowell)
Translator: Joseph Gelineau
Refrain First Line: Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Language: French
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: The Christian Year: Epiphany; Christian Year: Epiphany
Source: English traditional carol, ca. 17th century
Copyright: © Musique et liturgique
Tune Information
Name: THE FIRST NOWELL
Harmonizer: John Stainer (1871)
Harmonizer and Composer (descant): Healey Willan (1926)
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Key: D Major
Copyright: Refrain harmony and descant copyright © 1926 Oxford University Press, Inc.



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