Upon Thy great church universal

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Upon Thy great church universal

Author: J. M. De Carbon-Ferriere (1823); Translator: Margaret House (1949)
Published in 4 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Five Hymn Accompaniments for Brass Quart…

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Author: J. M. De Carbon-Ferriere

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Translator: Margaret House

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First Line:	Upon Thy great church universal
French Title:	Sur ton Eglise universelle
Translator:	Margaret House (1949)
Author:	J. M. De Carbon-Ferriere (1823)
Language:	English

Acts 2:1-4
(hymns)

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Tune

[Wie groß ist des Allmächt'gen Güte] (Freylinghausen)

DIE TUGEND WIRD is derived from the more ornamented version found in Johann Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704), where it was used as a setting for "Die Tugend wird am Kreus geubet." The tune is a rounded bar form (AABA) with harmony suited to part singing. Congregational singin…

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RENDEZ À DIEU

GENEVAN 98/118 is the one tune in the Psalter Hymnal used for two psalms. It was first published in the 1551 Genevan Psalter as a setting for Psalm 118; in the 1562 edition it was also set to Psalm 98 (hence both numbers in the tune name). The tune is also often named RENDEZ A DIEV, the French incip…

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