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LEW TRENCHARD

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. D. Tune Sources: Traditional English Melody Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34323 12366 71765 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day
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POSEN

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 162 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. C. Strattner Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11112 34355 55671 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day
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SEYMOUR

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 670 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carl Maria von Weber Tune Sources: From the op­era Ober­on, by Carl M. von We­ber, 1826 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32436 53233 33471 Used With Text: Softly Now the Light of Day
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TUNBRIDGE

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jeremiah Clark Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 13256 45354 27123 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day
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HOLLEY

Appears in 347 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Hews Incipit: 32313 23453 54533 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day
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MERCY

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 804 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis M. Gottschalk Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 56513 32111 171 Used With Text: Softly Now the Light of Day
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THEODORA

Appears in 87 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Handel Incipit: 51176 56232 43215 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day
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University College

Appears in 173 hymnals Incipit: 31654 32315 55453 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day
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[Now rest beneath night’s shadow]

Appears in 349 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Heinrich Isaak, 1450-1527 Incipit: 31234 54334 55231 Used With Text: Now Rest Beneath Night’s Shadow
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FERRIER

Appears in 106 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. J. B. Dykes Incipit: 33315 65567 17676 Used With Text: Softly now the light of day

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