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How Could They Do This Constantly

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Author: John Core

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Text Information

First Line: How could they do this constantly
Title: How Could They Do This Constantly
Author: John Core
Language: English
Copyright: © Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Tune

THIRD MODE MELODY

THIRD MODE MELODY is the third of nine tunes Thomas Tallis composed for Matthew Parker's The Whole Psalter (c. 1561). This magnificent tune is worth the trouble it may take to learn. Diephouse set the text with this tune in mind, since it kept coming to him as he was working on the text. Many may kn…

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Singing the New Testament #119

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