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Song over the Waters

Hymn on ONE LICENSE

Come fill our waiting hearts

Author: Marty Haugen
Tune: [Come fill our waiting hearts]
ONE LICENSE: 00113
Published in 4 hymnals


Choral

Song over the Waters
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Author: Marty Haugen

Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepar… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Come fill our waiting hearts
Title: Song over the Waters
Author: Marty Haugen
Refrain First Line: God, you have moved upon the waters
Copyright: © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Gather (3rd ed.) #661

Gather (3rd ed.) #661

Gather Comprehensive #585

Gather Comprehensive #585

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #559

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #559

RitualSong #855

RitualSong #855
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