Monticello (Daniel Read)
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- (Posted 2015-05-22) CPDL #35497: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-22). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Nine more stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-22). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 71 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Eight other stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.
General Information
Title: Monticello
First Line: The world's foundations by His hand
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88. 88
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1804
Description: First published in The Columbian Harmonist, 1804; revised 1807. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 104, in 28 stanzas. Read used the fourth stanza in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 104.