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LUX TREMENDA

Composer: Alfred V. Fedak

Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: LUX TREMENDA
Composer: Alfred V. Fedak
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 51654 35231 42321
Key: d minor
Copyright: © 1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Texts

Great and deep the Spirit's purpose

Bright the cloud and bright the glory

Bright the cloud and bright the glory,
brighter far than mere sun's rays,
opening up a glimpse of heaven
to disciples' awestruck gaze:
power past their comprehension,
splendour too profound for praise.
All was changed, all was changed;
and they would never be the same.

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God, We Praise You!

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #120b

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #353

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #617

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #120b

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #353

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #617

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