Cypress (Daniel Read)

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• (Posted 2015-05-19)  CPDL #35473:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. All four stanzas form Watts' hymn included.

• (Posted 2015-05-19)  CPDL #35472:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Cypress
First Line: Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound
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: 1795 in The Columbian Harmonist No. 3; revised 1804
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 63 of Book 2.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound.