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STAFFORD (Read)

STAFFORD (Read)

Composer: Daniel Read (cir. 1780)
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Daniel Read

Daniel Read; b. 1757, Rehoboth, Mass.; d. 1837, New Haven, Conn.An American composer and a primary figure in early American classical music. He was one of the “Yankee Tunesmiths” (1st New England School of Music) when classical music was popular in Europe. Read was a private in Massachusetts militia and later a comb maker and owner of a general store in New Haven, CN. He was only the 3rd composer in the U. S. to put out a collection of his own music. His work, “The American Singing Book” went through 5 editions, making him the most popular composer in the nation. Others often plagarized his tunes in those days. Tunebook sales supplemented his general store income, including “The Columbian Harmonist” (3 volumnes) with 3 revi… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: STAFFORD (Read)
Composer: Daniel Read (cir. 1780)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 51232 14321 53434
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 54 Number 5 June 1991: A Bi-monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Rex Koury
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1991) pp. 76
  • The Organist's Library Volume 11
    Composer/Editor Rex Koury
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 76

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)

The Sacred Harp #78

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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