Christ is risen, He, our Head!

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Christ is risen, He, our Head!

Author: Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary (Summit, N.J.)
Tune: CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN
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	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 51

Author: Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary (Summit, N.J.)

The Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Dominican convent in Summit, New Jersey. It was founded in 1919. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Christ is risen, He, our Head!
Author:	Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary (Summit, N.J.)
Meter:	7.7.7.7 with alleluia
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Copyright:	© 1970 by The Dominican Nuns of Summit N.J.

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CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN

CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN is derived from the twelfth-century chant melody for "Victimae Paschali laudes" (which also produced CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN, 398). The tune was first published in Joseph Klug's (PHH 126) Geistliche Lieder (1533). This ancient tune, originally in Dorian mode, consists of sever…

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