Depravity (Daniel Read)
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- (Posted 2017-12-02) CPDL #47854: DepravityRead1793bpr.mxl
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-02). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 46 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The remaining two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-02). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The remaining two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
General Information
Title: Depravity
First Line: By nature all have gone astray
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
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Description: First published in The Columbian Harmonist No. 1, 1793, p. 11. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 14, Part 1, with six stanzas. Read used the fourth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 14.