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He was cut off out of the land of the living

File:m2-31.nwc (December 2000) 5 kB
Full name of work:He was cut off out of the land of the living
Composer:Handel, George Friederic (1685-1759), German
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Lyricist:Charles Jennens (1707-1773) from Bible and Prayer Book
First line:He was cut off out of the land of the living and But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
Music category:Baroque sacred oratorio
Instruments:Organ, tenor
Name of file creator:Mark Anderson
e-mail address:andersma "at" luther "dot" edu
Running time:3:03
Comments:from The Messiah (HWV 56, 1741) - Other Name "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"

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