In the Beginning

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Author: Chris Shelton

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First Line: In the beginning was the Word, No other sound in heaven heard
Title: In the Beginning
Author: Chris Shelton
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias
Source: based on John 1:1–14
Language: English
Notes: May be sung as a call-and-response, where the congregation sings the “Alleluias” without printed music.
Copyright: © 2015 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Tune

LASST UNS ERFREUEN

LASST UNS ERFREUEN derives its opening line and several other melodic ideas from GENEVAN 68 (68). The tune was first published with the Easter text "Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr" in the Jesuit hymnal Ausserlesene Catlwlische Geistliche Kirchengesänge (Cologne, 1623). LASST UNS ERFREUEN appeared…

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