Stewards of Earth

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All praise to you, O Lord of all creation

Author: Omer Westendorf
Tune: FINLANDIA
ONE LICENSE: 40095
Published in 3 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Preludes of Praise and Adoration (Inspir…

Choral
	This Is My Song - Guitar part

Handbells
	Finlandia - Handbell Part

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Author: Omer Westendorf

Omer Westendorf, one of the earliest lyricists for Roman Catholic liturgical music in English, died on October 22, 1997, at the age of eighty-one. Born on February 24, 1916, Omer got his start in music publishing after World War II, when he brought home for his parish choir in Cincinnati some of the Mass settings he had discovered in Holland. Interest in the new music being published in Europe led to his creation of the World Library of Sacred Music, initially a music-importing firm that brought much of this new European repertoire to U.S. parishes. Operating out of a garage in those early years, Omer often joked about the surprised expressions of visitors who stopped by and found a wide range of sheet music in various states of “stora… Go to person page >

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First Line:	All praise to you, O Lord of all creation
Title:	Stewards of Earth
Author:	Omer Westendorf
Meter:	11.10.11.10.11.10
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1984 World Library Publications, a division of J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.; © 1984, World Library Publications

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FINLANDIA

In 1899 Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (b. Hameenlina, Tavastehus, Finland, 1865; Jarvenpaa, near Helsingfors, Finland, 1957) wrote a musical score for six historical tableaux in a pageant that celebrated and supported the Finnish press against Russian oppression. In 1900 Sibelius revised the music…

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