Mortality (Daniel Read)

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  • (Posted 2014-12-08)  CPDL #33615:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-08).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 29 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition.
  • (Posted 2014-12-08)  CPDL #33616:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-08).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Mortality
First Line: Death, like an overflowing stream
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1785

Description: Published in The American Singing-Book, 1785, p. 29. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 90.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.