MICHAELMAS (La Feillee)

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MICHAELMAS (La Feillee)

Composer: François de La Feillée
Published in 1 hymnal

Composer: François de La Feillée

Born: Angers, France, 18th Century. La Feillée was attached to the choir of Chartres Cathedral, in the mid 18th Century. By 1745, he was a composer and "theorist" at the Poitiers Cathedral. His works include: Méthode pour Apprendre les Règles du Plain-Chant et de la Psalmodie (first edition, Poitiers: Jean Faulcon, 1748) An abridgement of the Roman Antiphonary (Paris: Hérissant, 1751) Nouvelle Méthode du Plain-Chant, 1782 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/a/f/lafeille.htm Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	MICHAELMAS (La Feillee)
Composer:	François de La Feillée
Meter:	8.7.7
Incipit:	51112 33243 12321
Key:	A Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Who is this that comes from Edom, All His raiment stained with blood

Who is this that comes from Edom,
All His raiment stained with blood,
To the slave proclaiming freedom,
Bringing and bestowing good;
Glorious in the garb He wears,
Glorious in the spoils He bears?

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