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Text:Scatter the Darkness
Author:Stephen P. Starke
Tune:Besancon
Harmonizer:Shelby Trapp

211. Scatter the Darkness

Text Information
First Line: Scatter the darkness, break the gloom
Title: Scatter the Darkness
Author: Stephen P. Starke (1995, alt.)
Meter: 8.7.9.8.8.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: God the Son: Eastertide; Christian Year-Eastertide
Copyright: © 1995 Stephen P. Starke, administered by Concordia Publishing House
ONE LICENSE: 53066
Tune Information
Name: Besancon
Harmonizer: Shelby Trapp (2008)
Meter: 8.7.9.8.8.7
Key: D Major
Source: French folk melody
Copyright: Harmony © 2010 Celebrating Grace, Inc.
Notes: Lower key, No. 90



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