Depravity (Daniel Read)
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- 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
First published: 1793 in The Columbian Harmonist, Edition A1, p. 11
Description: 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.