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. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (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: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in the American Musical Magazine No. 1, 1786. 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.