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• (Posted 2014-11-08)  CPDL #33318:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-11-08).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Transcribed from The Columbian Harmonist, 1807, p. 18.

• (Posted 2014-11-08)  CPDL #33319:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-11-08).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Columbian Harmonist, 1807, p. 18. Another pair of stanzas added below. Re-formatted 2015-09-04.

General Information

Title: Adams
First Line: Why did the nations join to slay
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The Columbian Harmonist, No. 1
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 2, in six stanzas. Read used stanzas one and two in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 2.