"Abba, Abba, Hear Us," We Cry

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"Abba, Abba, hear us," we cry

Author: Andrew Donaldson
Tune: ARIRANG
ONE LICENSE: 109308
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Piano/Organ
	Reflections on Arirang

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Author: Andrew Donaldson

Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for… Go to person page >

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First Line:	"Abba, Abba, hear us," we cry
Title:	"Abba, Abba, Hear Us," We Cry
Author:	Andrew Donaldson
Copyright:	© 2001 Andrew Donaldson

Romans 8
(hymns)

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Tune

ARIRANG

The tune ARIRANG is named after a Korean folk song that has long been a favorite in Korea and became known by many American soldiers during the Korean War (1950¬1953). The song was probably composed around 1865, when laborers were conscripted from allover Korea to rebuild the Kyonbok Palace in Seou…

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