Most Splendid and Resplendent Light

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Translator: Harry Hagan

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Author: Anonymous

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First Line: Most splendid and resplendent Light
Title: Most Splendid and Resplendent Light
Latin Title: Lucis Largitor
Translator: Harry Hagan
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: 10th cent.
Language: English
Copyright: Tr. © 1999, St. Meinrad Archabbey. Published by OCP Publications

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EISENACH (Gesius)

MACHS MIT MIR was first published in the collection of music Das ander Theil des andern newen Operis Geistlicher Deutscher Lieder (1605) by Bartholomäus Gesius (b. Münchenberg, near Frankfurt, Germany, c. 1555; d. Frankfurt, 1613). A prolific composer, Gesius wrote almost exclusively for the churc…

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