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Glory be to God, the highest

Three-verse paraphrase of the Gloria.  Give Allein Gott a break!

Genre: Canticles & Liturgies
D No: 316.1
Text - Author or Scripture: para. of Gloria by RWD
Performing Forces: Unison org
Date Published: MS
Date of Composition: 1987
Tune Name: GIBBS HALL
Notes: Text: a three-verse paraphrase of the Gloria in excelsis by the composer. The tune is named Gibbs Hall from a building on the campus of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific where RWD did a residency in 1987, but it is a reworking of the theme of the First Song of Isaiah, Surely it is God who saves me.
Score:

216.1 Glory be to God the highest (GIBBS HALL)


Categorized as: Canticles & Liturgies
Tagged as: canticle, Eucharist setting, organ, unison choir

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