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[Behold, the days are coming]

[Behold, the days are coming]

Composer: Lucien Deiss
Published in 8 hymnals


Composer: Lucien Deiss

Born: 1921, Par­is, France. Died: Oc­to­ber 9, 2007, Île-de-France, France. Buried: Seminaire des Mis­sions, Che­vil­ly-La­rue, Île-de-France, France. A mem­ber of the Ho­ly Spir­it Fa­thers, Deiss at­tende­d the Gre­gor­i­an Un­i­ver­si­ty in Rome and taught the­ol­o­gy at the Grand Scho­las­ti­cat of Che­ville in Paris, France. His works in­clude: Early Sources of the Li­tur­gy, 1967 It’s the Lord’s Sup­per/, 1976 Spring Time of the Li­tur­gy, 1979 Sources: Brink & Polman, P. 313 --www.hymntime.com/tch/… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Behold, the days are coming]
Composer: Lucien Deiss
Incipit: 11776 67753 3123
Key: G Major/G Major or modal
Source: Extrait de Joie au Ciel
Copyright: © 1965, 1966, 1968, 1973, World Library Publications

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Catholic Book of Worship III #621A

Catholic Book of Worship III #621B

One in Faith #579

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #784

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #578

RitualSong #558

Voices United #949

Worship (4th ed.) #957

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