Daniel Read

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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 2,319 times in Sacred Harp singings 1995-2014; Sherburne 1,698 times, Russia 1,223 times, and Greenwich 1,161 times. [1]

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List of choral works

LISTING BY TITLE

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

1. Psalm-tunes published in 1782

2. Psalm-tunes published in The American Singing-Book, 1785

3. Psalm-tunes published in The American Musical Magazine, 1786

4. Psalm-tunes published in The American Singing-Book Supplement, 1787

5. Psalm-tunes published in The Columbian Harmonist, No. 1, 1793

6. Psalm-tunes published in The Columbian Harmonist, No. 2, 1794-1801

5a. Published in 1794
5b. Published in 1801

7. Psalm-tunes published in The Columbian Harmonist, No. 3, 1795

8. Psalm-tunes published in The Columbian Harmonist, Second Edition, 1804

9. Psalm-tunes published in The Columbian Harmonist, Third Edition, 1807

10. Anthems

11. Secular Songs

LISTING BY FIRST LINE


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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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