In the Darkest Valley

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In the darkest valley

Author: Othoniel Motta; Translator: João Wilson Faustini; Versifier: Richard Leach
Tune: VALE ESCURO
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: Othoniel Motta

b. 4-16-1878 in Porto Feliz, SP, Brazil; d. 8-14-1951 in São Paulo; author, philologist, clergyman, profesor Go to person page >

Translator: João Wilson Faustini

b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Newark is the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. Go to person page >

Versifier: Richard Leach

(no biographical information available about Richard Leach.) Go to person page >

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First Line:	In the darkest valley
Title:	In the Darkest Valley
Author:	Othoniel Motta
Translator:	João Wilson Faustini
Versifier:	Richard Leach
Meter:	6.5.6.5 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Original Portuguese text and English translation © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions Inc., for all countries of the world except Brazil and Portugal; English metrical version © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions,Inc.