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- (Posted 2015-06-29) CPDL #35928:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-29). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- (Posted 2015-06-29) CPDL #35927:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-29). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 2 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: It is better to go}}
Composer: Daniel Read
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1807 in The Columbian Harmonist, Third Edition, pp. 110-111
Description: Words adapted by Read from Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 "and other scriptures."
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Original text and translations
English text
It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to the house of feasting:
For that is the end of all men. (Ecclesiastes 7:2)
For it is appointed unto all men to die, (cf. Job 7:1, Hebrews 9:27)
And blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. (Revelation 14:13)