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Watts, Isaac
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Watts, Isaac (1674–1748), became a minister, but was forced into early retirement by ill health. He published four collections of verse,
Horae Lyricae (1706),
Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707),
Divine Songs for the Use of Children (1715), and
The Psalms of David Imitated (1719). He is chiefly remembered for his hymns, which include ‘O God, our help in ages past’ and ‘When I survey the wondrous Cross’, and for his songs for children (‘How doth the little busy bee’), some of which foreshadow those of
Blake. But he was also the author of Pindaric
odes, blank verse, and of daring technical experiments such as his alarming ‘The Day of Judgement’ (1706), in English Sapphics. He was included in
The Lives of the English Poets at Johnson's own suggestion.
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The Death of Isaac-Watts.(English hymn writer)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...house in Stoke Newington, Hackney. Isaac Watts had gone to visit the Abneys thirty...monument by Edward Banks commemorates Watts in Westminster Abbey and another...Our God, our help') were in Watts's adaptation of the Psalms, which...
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In Brief: MicroBilt to Resell a Fair Isaac Score.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: American Banker; 2/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...score in the second quarter. According to Fair Isaac, there are about 50 million U.S. adults who...risk when extending credit to these people, Fair Isaac said. Craig Watts, a Fair Isaac spokesman, said other resellers are interested...
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Lining out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Lining out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of...culture" (16) and that the Dr. Watts hymn-singing style was "a...classic studies mention the Dr. Watts hymn-singing style, but Dargan...particularly those composed by Isaac Watts, and was the dominant...
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The Language of the Psalms in Worship: American Revisions of Watts' Psalter.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Psalms of David Imitated (1719), Isaac Watts's attempt to improve upon what...earlier metrical psalm collections. Watts's Psalms was Calvinist in its theology...texts more relevant to his time. Watts's attempts at relevance frequently...
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Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans.(Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans, Music of the African Diaspora; Sing Them Over Again to Me: Hymns and Hymnbooks in America, Religion and American Culture)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of...in Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of...the special power of "Dr. Watts" hymnody both in the religious...English Dissenter theologian Isaac Watts made up much of the musical...
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Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans/Sing Them Over Again to Me: Hymns and Hymnbooks in America
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of...in Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of...the special power of "Dr. Watts" hymnody both in the religious...English Dissenter theologian Isaac Watts made up much of the musical...
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Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans
Magazine article from: The American Music Teacher; 12/1/2006; ; 677 words
; Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black...adoption and assimilation of Dr. Isaac Watts's hymns by African slaves during...focuses on the effect and affect of Dr. Watts's hymns and lining out in black Baptist...
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Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans.(Book review)
Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; * Lining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black...adoption and assimilation of Dr. Isaac Watts's hymns by African slaves during...on the effect and affect of Dr. Watts's hymns and lining out in black...
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Fair Isaac says its new FICO is more accurate; Tweaking the credit scoring system will improve predicting the behavior of subprime borrowers, the company says.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/18/2007; ; 611 words
; ...Thomas Lee; Staff Writer Fair Isaac Corp. said Thursday that it is...scores by 5 to 15 percent. Fair Isaac spokesman Craig Watts said the company regularly updates...report by Fitch Ratings. Fair Isaac says that, in addition to bettering...
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Baby boy for Naomi Watts.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/15/2008; 374 words
; Baby boy for Naomi Watts Sydney, Dec 15 (PTI) -- Australian actress Naomi Watts has become a mother for the...for the couple confirmed. Watts and Schreiber met on the set...child has been named Nicholas Isaac Schreiber. Watts was previously...
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Watts, Isaac
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Isaac Watts English writer Isaac Watts (1674 – 1748) was the creator of the English hymn...the website of the United Reformed Church of the United Kingdom, "Isaac Watts was the man who, virtually single-handed, introduced...
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Isaac Watts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Isaac Watts 1674-1748, English clergyman and hymn writer, b. Southampton. He was one of the most eminent Dissenting divines of his day...
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Joel Barlow
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...chaplain, newspaper editing and almanac making, a runaway marriage, preparing a revision on American principles of Isaac Watt's Psalms (1785), reading for the bar, and, with versifying friends, correcting overly democratic countrymen in...
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Hymns and Hymnody
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...1698, which had fourteen tunes. Isaac Watts's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707...hymns, all but eight attributed to Isaac Watts. American hymns before 1720...such well-known hymn writers as Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley, and were...
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1754-1783: Religion: Publications
Book article from: American Eras
...autobiography of an American Quaker female minister; Isaac Backus, An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty...religious and patriotic songs, as well as popular hymns of Isaac Watts, compiled by the first professional American church musician...
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