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BETTER WORLD

BETTER WORLD

Published in 55 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Tune Information

Title: BETTER WORLD
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6
Incipit: 13555 16155 43432
Key: D Major
Source: Old English Air
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6743
Text: There Is a Better World
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7289
Text: What's the News?
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #12438
Text: Why This Doleful Wail?
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Small Church Music #7197
Text: He! Misy re fonenana (How sweet is the dwelling!)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #569

Hinário para o Culto Cristão (2nd ed.) #569

Text

Hinos e Cânticos #217

Hymns and Psalms #31

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #690

Redemption Hymnal #252b

Audio

Small Church Music #7197

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6743

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #7289

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #12438

Include 42 pre-1979 instances
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