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42b. Day of wrath! oh day of mourning!

Text Information
First Line: Day of wrath! oh day of mourning!
Latin Title: Dies irae, dies illa
Translator: William Josiah Irons (1812-1883)
Author: Thomas of Celano
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Tune Information
Name: DIES IRAE
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
Meter: 888.888.
Incipit: 55132 17312 34434



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