When the crimson sun has set

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When the crimson sun has set

Author: G. P. Grantham
Tune: GLORIA (French)
Published in 12 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	The Festival Hymn Collection, Volume 2

Choral
	Angels We Have Heard on High

Instrumental
	Hymn Introductions and Descants for Trum…

Author: G. P. Grantham

Born: Circa 1833, London, Middlesex, England. Christened: February 24, 1833, St. John the Baptist Church, Shoreditch, London. As of 1881, Grantham was Vicar of Llanbaddock, Wales. Some of his work appeared in Carols for Use in Church, by Richard Chope (London: William Clowes & Sons, 1894). --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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First Line:	When the crimson sun has set
Author:	G. P. Grantham
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Gloria in excelsis Deo

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GLORIA (French)

GLORIA is the French noel tune traditionally associated with this text. The popularity of this carol stems from its refrain–all those cascading phrases in which human beings imitate the angels' chorus. Try using the refrain by itself as a short choral introit during the Christmas season, perhaps w…

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The Babe of Bethlehem: a Christmas Carol Service No. 10 (1916), p.2

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Piano/Organ The Festival Hymn Collection, Volume 2 IMAGES OF CHRISTMAS The International Carol Library - France (Arranged for Piano) More Piano/Organ...
Choral Shepherd, Do You Sleep? (Incorporating "Angels We Have Heard on High") Angels We Have Heard on High Glory to God in the Highest More Choral...
Instrumental Hymn Introductions and Descants for Trumpet and Organ - Set 3 The Glory of Christmas - Handbell Part A Carol Suite for Flute, Clarinet or Oboe, Organ or Piano, with opt. Percussion More Instrumental...
Handbells Let Our Carols Fill the Sky! (Reproducible Arrangements of Familiar Christmas Carols for Handbells with optional Handchimes) Let Our Carols Fill the Sky! (Reproducible Arrangements of Familiar Christmas Carols for Handbells with optional Handchimes) He Is Born! More Handbells...

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