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When Words Alone Cannot Express

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Author: John Thornburg

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First Line: When words alone cannot express
Title: When Words Alone Cannot Express
Author: John Thornburg
Meter: 8.8.3.4.8.8 with refrain
Language: English
Copyright: © 2003 Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
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Tune

LASST UNS ERFREUEN

LASST UNS ERFREUEN derives its opening line and several other melodic ideas from GENEVAN 68 (68). The tune was first published with the Easter text "Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr" in the Jesuit hymnal Ausserlesene Catlwlische Geistliche Kirchengesänge (Cologne, 1623). LASST UNS ERFREUEN appeared…

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