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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Cypress''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Cypress''<br>
'''First Line:''' Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound<br>
{{Composer|Daniel Read}}
{{Composer|Daniel Read}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{LinkText|Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound}}


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[[Category:Classical music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-19).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Cypress
First Line: Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1795

Description: First published in the Columbian Harmonist No. 3, 1795; revised 1804. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 63 of Book 2.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound.