Mortality (Daniel Read)
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- (Posted 2014-12-08) CPDL #33615: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-08). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 29 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval-note edition. As revised by Read in 1806. The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-08). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). As revised by Read in 1806. The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.
General Information
Title: Mortality
First Line: Death, like an overflowing stream
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published in The American Singing-Book, 1785, p. 29; revised 1806. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 90. Read used the fifth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.