Calvary (Daniel Read)

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• (Posted 2015-05-19)  CPDL #35464:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-19).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other eight stanzas of Watts' poem added below.

• (Posted 2015-05-19)  CPDL #35463:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 93 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three selected additional stanzas added below.

General Information

Title: Calvary
First Line: My thoughts, that often mount the skies
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1785 in The American Singing-Book, Edition 1, p. 44; revised 1794
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Lyric Poems, entitled Death and Eternity, nine stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at My thoughts, that often mount the skies.