Translation © by Claude Thomas Bissell (1916 - 2000)
When I ask guidance from my ancestors
Language: English  after the English
When I ask guidance from my ancestors [ ... ]
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- by Claude Thomas Bissell (1916 - 2000), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by W. A. C. H. Dobson, Professor [text unavailable]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , written 11th/12th cent., the liturgy of the Royal Shrines of the early Chou kings [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Keith Warren Bissell (1912 - 1992), "When I ask guidance from my ancestors", from Hymns of the Chinese Kings, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 88