Smithfield (Daniel Read)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-12-06). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 38 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval-note edition.

Title: Smithfield
First Line: This life's a dream, an empty show
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1794

Description: Published in The Columbian Harmonist, No. 2, 1794, p. 48. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 17.

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Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.