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'''Biography'''
'''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.<br>
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.<br>
Many of Daniel Read's songs have remained popular. His [[Calvary (Daniel Read)|''Calvary'']] was sung 2,319 times in ''Sacred Harp'' singings 1995-2014; [[Sherburne (Daniel Read)|''Sherburne'']] 1,698 times, [[Russia (Daniel Read)|''Russia'']] 1,223 times, and [[Greenwich (Daniel Read)|''Greenwich'']] 1,161 times. [http://fasola.org/minutes/stats/?s=c]
Many of Daniel Read's songs have remained popular. His [[Calvary (Daniel Read)|''Calvary'']] was sung 2,576 times in ''Sacred Harp'' singings 1995-2016; [[Sherburne (Daniel Read)|''Sherburne'']] 1,878 times, [[Russia (Daniel Read)|''Russia'']] 1,391 times, and [[Greenwich (Daniel Read)|''Greenwich'']] 1,310 times. [http://fasola.org/minutes/stats/?s=c]
 
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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===LISTING BY TITLE===
===LISTING BY TITLE===
Many of these have two or more editions.  See ''Listing by First Line'' below
Many of these have two or more editions.  See ''Listing by First Line'' below
====1. Psalm-tunes published in ''The American Singing-Book'', 1785====
===1. Psalm-Tunes===
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*{{NoCo|Asia}}
===3. Anthems===
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*{{NoCo|Bennington}}
===4. Secular Music===
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*{{NoCo|Charlestown}}
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*{{NoCo|Complaint}}
*{{NoCo|Derby}}
*{{NoCo|Dover}}
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*{{NoCo|Eastham}}
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*{{NoCo|Enfield}}
*{{NoCo|Fidelity}}
*{{NoCo|Freetown}}
*{{NoCo|Happy City}}
*{{NoCo|Human Frailty}}
*{{NoCo|Judgment}}
*{{NoCo|Kingston}}
*{{NoCo|Lisbon}}
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*{{NoCo|Lyme}}
*{{NoCo|Mortality}}
*{{NoCo|Naples}}
*{{NoCo|Newark}}
*{{NoCo|New-England}}
*{{NoCo|Newport}}
*{{NoCo|Norton}}
*{{NoCo|Norwalk}}
{{middle|6}}
*{{NoCo|Pembrook}}
*{{NoCo|Resurrection}}
*{{NoCo|Ripton}}
*{{NoCo|Sabbath}}
*{{NoCo|Sherburne}}
*{{NoCo|Stafford}}
*{{NoCo|Sudbury}}
*{{NoCo|Victory}}
{{middle|6}}
*{{NoCo|Vienna}}
*{{NoCo|Warren}}
*{{NoCo|Westford}}
*{{NoCo|Windham}}
*{{NoCo|Winter}}
*{{NoCo|Zoar}}
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====2. Psalm-tunes published in ''The American Musical Magazine'', 1786====
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*{{NoCo|Condescension}}
*{{NoCo|Devotion}}
{{middle|4}}
*{{NoCo|Greenwich}}
*{{NoCo|Russia}}
{{middle|4}}
*{{NoCo|Stonington}}
*{{NoCo|Unity}}
{{middle|4}}
*{{NoCo|Winsor}}
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====3. Psalm-tunes published in ''The American Singing-Book Supplement'', 1787====
*{{NoCo|Providence}}
*{{NoCo|Stratford}}
====4. Psalm-tunes published in ''The Columbian Harmonist, No. 1'', 1793====
*{{NoCo|Adams}}
*{{NoCo|Camden}}
*{{NoCo|Friendship}}
====5. Psalm-tunes published in ''The Columbian Harmonist, No. 2'', 1794-1801====
*{{NoCo|Admonition}}
*{{NoCo|Dominion}}
*{{NoCo|Edenton}}
*{{NoCo|Hamilton}}
*{{NoCo|Smithfield}}
====6. Psalm-tunes published in ''The Columbian Harmonist, No. 3'', 1795====
*{{NoCo|Cypress}}
====7. Psalm-tunes published in ''The Columbian Harmonist, Second Edition'', 1804====
*{{NoCo|Christian Soldier}}
*{{NoCo|Monticello}}
====8. Psalm-tunes published in ''The Columbian Harmonist, Third Edition'', 1807====
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*{{NoCo|Coventry}}
*{{NoCo|Dryden}}
*{{NoCo|Gardiner}}
*{{NoCo|Gratitude}}
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*{{NoCo|Madison}}
*{{NoCo|Mifflin}}
*{{NoCo|Morris}}
{{bottom}}
====9. Anthems====
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*{{NoCo|Hamshire}}
*{{NoCo|Hear our prayer, O Lord our God}}
*{{NoCo|I know that my Redeemer lives}}
{{middle}}
*{{NoCo|It is better to go}}
*{{NoCo|O praise the Lord, O my soul}}
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====10. Secular Songs====
*{{NoCo|Holland}}
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===LISTING BY FIRST LINE===
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*[[Gratitude (Daniel Read)|Bless, O my soul, the living God]]
*[[Gratitude (Daniel Read)|Bless, O my soul, the living God]]
*[[Windham (Daniel Read)|Broad is the road that leads to death]]
*[[Windham (Daniel Read)|Broad is the road that leads to death]]
*[[Depravity (Daniel Read)|By nature all have gone astray]]
*[[Gardiner (Daniel Read)|Come, let our voices join to raise]]
*[[Gardiner (Daniel Read)|Come, let our voices join to raise]]
*[[Mortality (Daniel Read)|Death, like an overflowing stream]]
*[[Mortality (Daniel Read)|Death, like an overflowing stream]]
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*[[Hamshire (Daniel Read)|He dies! The heavenly lover dies]]
*[[Hamshire (Daniel Read)|He dies! The heavenly lover dies]]
*[[Winter (Daniel Read)|His hoary frost, His fleecy snow]]
*[[Winter (Daniel Read)|His hoary frost, His fleecy snow]]
*[[Zion (Daniel Read)|How did my heart rejoice to hear]]
*[[Barrington (Daniel Read)|How long wilt Thou forget me, Lord?]]
*[[Barrington (Daniel Read)|How long wilt Thou forget me, Lord?]]
*[[Amity (Daniel Read)|How pleasant 'tis to see]]
*[[Amity (Daniel Read)|How pleasant 'tis to see]]
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*[[Norton (Daniel Read)|Mine eyes and my desire are ever to the Lord]]
*[[Norton (Daniel Read)|Mine eyes and my desire are ever to the Lord]]
*[[Stratford (Daniel Read)|Mourn, mourn, ye saints, who once did see]]
*[[Stratford (Daniel Read)|Mourn, mourn, ye saints, who once did see]]
*[[Religion (Daniel Read)|My God, permit my tongue]]
*[[Vienna (Daniel Read)|My soul lies cleaving to the dust]]
*[[Vienna (Daniel Read)|My soul lies cleaving to the dust]]
*[[Dryden (Daniel Read)|My soul, come meditate the day]]
*[[Dryden (Daniel Read)|My soul, come meditate the day]]
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*[[O praise the Lord, O my soul (Daniel Read)|O praise the Lord, O my soul]]
*[[O praise the Lord, O my soul (Daniel Read)|O praise the Lord, O my soul]]
*[[Dover (Daniel Read)|O that the Lord would guide my ways]]
*[[Dover (Daniel Read)|O that the Lord would guide my ways]]
*[[Supplication (Daniel Read)|O wash my soul from every sin]]
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{{middle|3}}
*[[Camden (Daniel Read)|Out of the deeps of long distress]]
*[[Camden (Daniel Read)|Out of the deeps of long distress]]
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*[[Asia (Daniel Read)|When man grows bold in sin]]
*[[Asia (Daniel Read)|When man grows bold in sin]]
*[[While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Daniel Read)|While shepherds watched their flocks]]
*[[While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Daniel Read)|While shepherds watched their flocks]]
*[[Triumph (Daniel Read)|Who shall the Lord's elect condemn]]
*[[Adams (Daniel Read)|Why did the nations join to slay]]
*[[Adams (Daniel Read)|Why did the nations join to slay]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*''The American Singing-Book'', 1785. Second Edition 1786, Third Edition 1787 (with supplement), Fourth Edition 1793, Fifth Edition 1796.
*''[[The American Singing-Book (Daniel Read)|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 (Daniel Read)|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 (Daniel Read)|The Columbian Harmonist]]'', Second Edition 1804-1805.
*''The Columbian Harmonist'', Third Edition 1806 (unauthorized).
*''[[The Columbian Harmonist (Daniel Read)|The Columbian Harmonist]]'', Third Edition 1806 (unauthorized).
*''The Columbian Harmonist'', Fourth Edition 1810.
*''[[The Columbian Harmonist (Daniel Read)|The Columbian Harmonist]]'', Fourth Edition 1810.
*''The New Haven Collection'', 1818.
*''The New Haven Collection'', 1818.


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Revision as of 23:30, 11 January 2019

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]

View the Wikipedia article on Daniel Read.

NOTE. New works added to this page will be automatically placed in the correct position below. The year will be shown if the contributor will kindly enter {{Published|YYYY}}on the work page, where YYYY is the year of first publication of the work

List of choral works

LISTING BY TITLE

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

1. Psalm-Tunes

2. Set pieces

3. Anthems

4. Secular Music

 

LISTING BY FIRST LINE


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Publications

References

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

External links

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