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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{CPDLno|32558}} [[Media:HappyCityRead1785bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:HappyCityRead1785bpr.mid|{{mid}}]]  
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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Happy City''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Happy City''<br>
'''First Line:''' Happy the city, where their sons<br>
{{FirstLine|Happy the city, where their sons}}
{{Composer|Daniel Read}}
{{Composer|Daniel Read}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Published|1785}}
{{Pub|1|1785|in {{NoComp|The American Singing-Book|Daniel Read}}|vol=Edition 1}}


'''Description:''' Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 144.
'''Description:''' Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 144.

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  • CPDL #32558:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-28).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 28 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition.
  • CPDL #32559:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-28).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 32 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included. Re-formatted 2015-08-14.

General Information

Title: Happy City
First Line: Happy the city, where their sons
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1785 in The American Singing-Book, Edition 1

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 144.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 144.