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Abbreviations: Bk. - Book | H - Hymn, 1707 ff. | HL - Horae Lyricae, 1706 ff. | Ps. - Psalm, 1717 ff. | Pt. - Part | Song - Songs for Children, 1720 | st. - stanza | vo. - voices
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Revision as of 16:33, 27 February 2021
Contents
Life
Born: 17 July 1674
Died: 25 November 1748
Biography
Isaac Watts is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English writer of Christian lyrics. He is credited with the words of around 750 hymns, many of them taken from his paraphrases of the Psalms. He also wrote a book of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, which has been widely used as well. Many of his hymns remain in active use today and have been translated into many languages.
Publications
- Watts, Isaac. 1705. Horae Lyricae (Lyric Poems) Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, In Three Books. Second Edition, 1709.
- Watts, Isaac. 1707. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Second Edition, 1709; Third Edition 1712; Fourth Edition 1714.
- Watts, Isaac. 1719. The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship. London: J. Clark.
- Watts, Isaac. 1720. Divine and Moral Songs, Attempted in Easy Language, For the Use of Children. London.
References
- Anonymous. 1779. The Posthumous Works of the Late Learned and Reverend Isaac Watts, D. D. London: T. Becket and J. Bew. Volume 1, 239 pp.; Volume 2, 305 pp. Adjusted and published by a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
- Anonymous. 1812-1813. The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. Leeds: Edward Baines. Volume 1, 1812, 627 pp. Volume 2, 1812, 614 pp. Volume 3, 1812, 622 pp. Volume 4, 1813, 635 pp. Volume 5, 1813. 598 pp. Volume 6, 1813, 660 pp. Volume 7, 1813. 590 pp. Volume 8, 1813, 578 pp. Volume 9, 1813, 562 pp. Volume 9 has An Essay on Psalmody, The Psalms of David, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Divine Songs for Childen, Lyric Poems, Reliquae Juveniles, and Remnants of Time.
- Guy, D. 1773. A Complete Index to Dr. Watts' Hymns. London: J. Buckland, G. Keith, J. Johnson, and D. Guy. 244 pp.
- Wright, Thomas. 1914. Isaac Watts and Contemporary Hymn-Writers. London: Farncombe and Sons. 280 pp.
External links
View the Wikipedia article on Isaac Watts.
Settings of his poetic works
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list below
- Acworth (Samuel Holyoke)
- Addison (Alexander Gillet)
- All Saints (Alexander Gillet)
- America (Truman Wetmore)
- Arland (Samuel Holyoke)
- Before Jehovah's aweful throne (Louis Bourgeois)
- Bellevue (Elkanah Dare)
- Benevolent Street (Oliver Shaw)
- Bethel (Anonymous)
- Boundbrook (Samuel Holyoke)
- Brixham (Samuel Holyoke)
- Brownson (Oliver Brownson)
- Bunker Hill (Abraham Wood)
- Burton (Elisha West)
- Bushwick (Samuel Holyoke)
- Buxton (Daniel Belknap)
- Caledonia (Samuel Holyoke)
- Calvary (Samuel Holyoke)
- Camden (Zedekiah Sanger)
- Castleton (Samuel Holyoke)
- Come, let us join our cheerful songs (Edward Vine Hall)
- Come, let us join our cheerful songs (Henry Lahee)
- Complaint (Oliver Shaw)
- Consolation (Samuel Holyoke)
- Creation (Elisha West)
- Dalton (Hezekiah Moors)
- Dartmouth (Daniel Belknap)
- Death's Alarm (Elisha West)
- Deerfield (Samuel Holyoke)
- Dissolution (Elisha West)
- Dresden (Oliver Brownson)
- Eastborough (Samuel Holyoke)
- Easton (Samuel Holyoke)
- Edom (Elisha West)
- Elden (Samuel Holyoke)
- Ellington (Truman Wetmore)
- Ephesus (Samuel Holyoke)
- Exhortation (Eliakim Doolittle)
- Fairton (Elkanah Dare)
- Firmament (Daniel Read)
- Florida (Oliver Shaw)
- Freedom (Elisha West)
- Fruition (Truman Wetmore)
- Funeral Dirge (Hezekiah Moors)
- Germany (Samuel Holyoke)
- Glasgow (Elkanah Dare)
- Granville (Truman Wetmore)
- Hague (Samuel Holyoke)
- Hallowell (Barnabas McKyes)
- Harmony (1807) (Elisha West)
- Harmony (Elisha West)
- Hatfield (Alexander Gillet)
- Haverhill (Elisha West)
- How fine has the day been (John Fawcett)
- Hush! My Dear (Cradle Song) (J. Guy Stalnaker)
- Invitation (Elisha West)
- Judgment (Elisha West)
- Lark (Elisha West)
- Leicester (Samuel Holyoke)
- Liberty Hall (Lucius Chapin)
- Lincoln (Abraham Wood)
- Lord of the worlds above (William Croft)
- Love shall never die (Joseph Knapicius)
- Messiah (Alexander Gillet)
- Millennium (Alexander Gillet)
- Millville (Elkanah Dare)
- Milton (Elisha West)
- Montfort (Samuel Holyoke)
- Morning (Daniel Read)
- Morning Hymn (Elisha West)
- Mournful Song (Elisha West)
- Ninety-Fifth (Lucius Chapin)
- Ninety-Fifth (Oliver Brownson)
- Norfolk (Samuel Holyoke)
- Norway (Oliver Shaw)
- O God our help (Ernest A. Dicks)
- Ohio (Elisha West)
- Orleans (Samuel Holyoke)
- Portland (Samuel Holyoke)
- Precept (Elisha West)
- Prodigal (Elisha West)
- Refuge (Daniel Read)
- Request (Barnabas McKyes)
- Resurrection (Barnabas McKyes)
- Richmond (Daniel Belknap)
- Rockbridge (Lucius Chapin)
- Rosedale (Samuel Holyoke)
- Roslin Castle (Elisha West)
- Salvation (Elisha West)
- Sharon (Elisha West)
- Shirley (Daniel Belknap)
- Solemnity (Eliakim Doolittle)
- Solitude (Elisha West)
- Stafford (Oliver Brownson)
- Sterling (Samuel Holyoke)
- Submission (Samuel Holyoke)
- Sutton (Oliver Brownson)
- Sympathy (William Read)
- Taunton (Oliver Shaw)
- The heavens declare thy glory, Lord (Anonymous)
- The heavens declare thy glory, Lord (Jeremiah Clarke)
- The heavens declare thy glory, Lord (William Knapp)
- Thornhill (Samuel Holyoke)
- Torringford (Alexander Gillet)
- Trumpet (Oliver Brownson)
- Twenty-Fourth (Amzi Chapin)
- Venus (Elisha West)
- Victory (Hezekiah Moors)
- Vienna (Elisha West)
- Walbridge (Samuel Holyoke)
- Waterfield (Samuel Holyoke)
- Wellington (Samuel Holyoke)
- Weybossett Street (Oliver Shaw)
- When I survey the wondrous Cross (Edward Miller)
- When the fierce north wind (John Whitaker)
- Willington (Elisha West)
- Windsor (Daniel Read)
- Windsor (Elisha West)
- Winthrop (Samuel Holyoke)
- Ye tribes of Adam join (Thomas Clark)
- Zion (Hezekiah Moors)
- Zion (Oliver Shaw)
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