Cypress (Daniel Read)
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- (Posted 2015-05-19) CPDL #35472:
- 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: Sacred, Hymn 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.