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450. Hail Thee, Festival Day

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Text Information

• First Line: All the fair beauty of earth
• Title: Hail Thee, Festival Day
• Latin Title: Salve festa dies
• Author: Venantius Fortunatus, c. 530-609
• Refrain First Line: Hail thee, festival day
• Meter: Irregular with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1994
• Topic: Seasons and Feasts: Ascension
• Source: Tr. composite
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press

Tune Information

• Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: Irregular with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: From English Hymnal © Oxford University Press