Winsor (Daniel Read)

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  • (Posted 2015-05-17)  CPDL #35451:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
  • (Posted 2015-05-17)  CPDL #35450:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-17).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 63 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Winsor
First Line: Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The American Musical Magazine No. 1
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 96. Read has adapted the first and fourth stanzas of Watts' paraphrase to his music.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 96.