Devotion (Daniel Read)
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- (Posted 2015-05-16) CPDL #35417:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-16). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.
- (Posted 2015-05-16) CPDL #35416:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-16). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 73 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.
General Information
Title: Devotion
First Line: Sweet is the day of sacred rest
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1786 in The American Musical Magazine No. 1
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, the second stanza of his paraphrase of Psalm 92.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 92.