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Text:Hail Thee, Festival Day!
Author:Venantius Honorius Fortunatus
Tune:SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams
Media:Audio recording

277. Hail Thee, Festival Day!

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Text Information
First Line: All the fair beauty of earth (He who was nailed to the cross) (Bright and in likeness of fire)
Title: Hail Thee, Festival Day!
Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus (567c.–576)
Refrain First Line: Hail thee, festival day!
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Christian Year: Ascension; Christian Year: Pentecost; Jesus Christ: Ascension and Reign (1 more...)
Source: Trans. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978, alt.
Copyright: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (admin. Augsburg Fortress)
ONE LICENSE: 64173
Tune Information
Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: Irregular
Key: F Major
Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.


Text Information:

This three-occasion hymn has been extracted from a much longer Latin original of fifty-five two-line stanzas. Though it is doubtful that the entire text was used much, selections from it have flourished for centuries. This celebratory tune is one of the composer’s most effective.


Media
Audio recording: Audio (MP3)
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