Tune: WINTER (Read)

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WINTER (Read)

Composer: Daniel Read
Published in 9 hymnals

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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 >

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Tune Information

Title:	WINTER (Read)
Composer:	Daniel Read
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Incipit:	15565 15316 54321
Key:	D Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Breathing after Holiness

His hoary frost, his fleecy snow

O Happy Soul That Lives On High

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Introductions, Harmonizations, Accompaniments, Interpretations Volume 3: Settings by Jeffrey Blersch
Composer/Editor Jeffrey N. Blersch
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2006) pp. 38
As Though the Whole Creation Cried: Fifty Hymn Harmonizations for Organ
Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2001) pp. 77
Hymnal Supplement 98: Vocal Descant Edition
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 822