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Cantus: 'As Every Day, Thy Mercy Spares'

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Cantus performs the rare early-American hymn “As Every Day, Thy Mercy Spares (No. 38),” a beautiful 1844 church song based on a Mozart tune. Enjoy!

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“As Every Day, Thy Mercy Spares (No. 38)”
Performed by Cantus
Hymn: Elam Ives, Jr., William Alpers and Henry C. Timm
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music from the American Classical Hymns project
Free sheet music

Filmed May 11, 2021, at Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota

Executive producer: Randy Salas

Thanks to Professor Peter Mercer-Taylor, University of Minnesota; Jennifer Anderson and Anna Sanchez, Central Presbyterian

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