Daniel Read

Daniel Read

Life

Born: 16 November 1757

Died: 12 April 1836

Biography Daniel Read was an American music composer and singing-school master of the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. He was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in 1757, and died in New Haven, Connecticut in 1836, aged 78 years. He lived most of his life in New Haven. Read's music was very popular; he published more of his music books than any other composer of his time. This was in part his ability to write music that appealed to the singing public of the age in America – and more of his music was printed in compilation volumes than any other composer. Especially popular were his fuging tunes, which comprise more than half of his compositions. Some of his compositions have several fugues, Stratford for example, which has four.
Many of Daniel Read's songs have remained popular. His Calvary was sung 2,576 times in Sacred Harp singings 1995-2016; Sherburne 1,878 times, Russia 1,391 times, and Greenwich 1,310 times. [1]

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Daniel Read compositions

LISTING BY TITLE

Many of these have two or more editions. See Listing by First Line below

1. Psalm-Tunes

• Adams 1793
• Admonition 1807
• Albany 1785
• Amboy 1785
• Amity 1785
• Annapolis 1785
• Asia 1785
• Barnstable 1785
• Barrington 1785
• Bennington 1785
• Burlington 1785
• Calvary 1785
• Camden 1793
• Charlestown 1785
• Christian Soldier 18041806
• Complaint 1785
• Condescension 1786
• Coventry 1807
• Cypress 1795
• Depravity 1793
• Derby 1785
• Devotion 1786
• Dominion 18011806
• Dover 1785
• Doxology 1785
• Dryden 1807
• Eastham 1785
• Edenton 1801
• Enfield 1785
• Fidelity 1785
• Firmament 1793
• Freetown 1785
• Friendship 1793
• Gardiner 1807
• Gratitude 1807
• Greenwich 1786
• Hamilton 1794
• Happy City 1785
• Human Frailty 1785
• Judgment 1785
• Kingston 1785
• Lisbon 1785
• Lyme 1785
• Madison 1807
• Mifflin 1807
• Monticello 18041806
• Morning 1793
• Morris 1807
• Mortality 17851806
• Naples 1785
• Newark 1785
• Newport 1785
• Norton 1785
• Norwalk 1785
• Pembrook 1785
• Providence 1787
• Refuge 1793
• Religion 1793
• Resurrection 1785
• Ripton 1785
• Russia 1786
• Sabbath 1785
• Sherburne 1785
• Smithfield 1794
• Stafford 1782
• Stonington 1786
• Stratford 1782
• Sudbury 1785
• Supplication 1793
• Triumph 1793
• Unity 1786
• Victory 1785
• Vienna 1785
• Warren 1785
• Westford 1785
• Windham 17851841
• Windsor 1793
• Winsor 1786
• Winter 17851806
• Zion 1793
• Zoar 1785

2. Set pieces

• Complaint 1785
• Firmament 1793
• Morning 1793
• Pembrook 1785
• Triumph 1793
• Westford 1785

3. Anthems

• Hamshire 1795
• Hear our prayer, O Lord our God 1795
• I know that my Redeemer lives 1795
• It is better to go 1807
• O praise the Lord, O my soul 1785

4. Secular Music

• Holland 1785
• New-England 1785

 

LISTING BY FIRST LINE

And am I only born to die? Arise, my gracious God Awake, ye saints, to praise your King Behold, the Judge descends, his guards are nigh Bless, O my soul, the living God Broad is the road that leads to death By nature all have gone astray Come, let our voices join to raise Death, like an overflowing stream Deep in our hearts let us record Disciples of Christ, ye friends of the Lamb False are the men of high degree Far as Thy name is known Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone God, my supporter and my hope Great God, the heav'ns' well-ordered frame Great shepherd of Thine Israel Had not the Lord, may Israel say Hail the day that saw Him rise Happy the city, where their sons Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound Hark! The Redeemer, from on high Hear our prayer, O Lord our God He dies! The heavenly lover dies He gives the grazing ox his meat His hoary frost, His fleecy snow How did my heart rejoice to hear How long wilt Thou forget me, Lord? How pleasant 'tis to see How pleasant 'tis to see

I am not concerned to know I know that my Redeemer lives I send the joys of earth away It is better to go I wait for Thy salvation, Lord Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun Join all the glorious names Let a broad stream with golden sands Let strangers walk around Let tyrants shake their iron rod Life, like a vain amusement, flies Like fruitful showers of rain Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear Lord of the worlds above Lord of the worlds above Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I Lo, what an entertaining sight Might I enjoy the meanest place within Thy house Mine eyes and my desire are ever to the Lord Mourn, mourn, ye saints, who once did see My God, permit my tongue My refuge is the God of love My soul lies cleaving to the dust My soul, come meditate the day My thoughts, that often mount the skies No, I shall envy them no more Now begin the heavenly theme Now shall my head be lifted high O all ye nations, praise the Lord O praise the Lord, O my soul

O that the Lord would guide my ways O wash my soul from every sin Out of the deeps of long distress Say, mighty love, and teach my song See what a living stone Shall the vile race of flesh and blood Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands Sinners, awake betimes Soldiers of Christ, arise Soon as I heard my Father say Stoop down my thoughts, that use to rise Sweet is the day of sacred rest Sweet is the work, my God and King That man is blest, who stands in awe The God of glory sends His summons forth The law by Moses came The Lord, the Judge, his churches warns Thee we adore, eternal name The world's foundations by His hand Think, mighty God, on feeble man This life's a dream, an empty show 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now To God the Father, God the Son Welcome, sweet day of rest, that saw the Lord arise When God revealed His gracious name When man grows bold in sin While shepherds watched their flocks Who shall the Lord's elect condemn Why did the nations join to slay

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Publications

• The American Singing-Book, 1785. Second Edition 1786, Third Edition 1787 (with supplement), Fourth Edition 1793, Fifth Edition 1796.
• The Columbian Harmonist, No. 1 in 1793, No. 2 in 1794, No. 3 in 1795.
• The Columbian Harmonist, Second Edition 1804-1805.
• The Columbian Harmonist, Third Edition 1806 (unauthorized).
• The Columbian Harmonist, Fourth Edition 1810.
• The New Haven Collection, 1818.

References

• Kroeger, Karl, Editor. 1995. Daniel Read: Collected Works. Madison, Wisconsin, American Musicological Society and A-R Editions. 332 pp.

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