General Information
Title: The Columbian Harmonist
Editor - Composer – Compiler: Daniel Read
A. Full Title: The Columbian Harmonist No. 1, Containing First, A Plain and Concise Introduction to Psalmody Fitly Calculated for the Use of Singing Schools; Second, A Choice Collection of New Psalm Tunes of American Composition .
A. Publication date and place: 1793 by the Author in New Haven, Connecticut. – Periodical Edition . No. 2 1794, pp. 1-8, 41-72; 16 additional unnumbered pages added 1801. No. 3 1795, 40 pp.
B. Full Title: The Columbian Harmonist, Containing a Plain and Concise Introduction to Psalmody, Expressly Calculated for the Use of Singing Schools; Together With a Choice Collection of Sacred Music, for Public and Social Worship, Consisting of More Than One Hundred Tunes and Anthems, Carefully Selected from The Most Approved American and European Authors, Including Several Tunes Never Before Published .
B. Publication date and place: 1795 by the Author in New Haven, Connecticut, 117 pp. – Book Edition . Reprinted in 1798. Second Edition (Dedham: H. Mann), 1805, 94 pp. Another Second Edition (Dedham: H. Mann) 1805, 118 pp. Third Edition (Boston: Manning and Loring) 1806, 125 pp. Another Third Edition (Boston: Manning and Loring) 1807, 111 pp. Fourth Edition (Boston: Manning and Loring) 1810, 111 pp.
Publications using Volumes Editions
A1 – Published 1793 – No. 1. New Haven, Connecticut: For the Editor (Daniel Read), 39 pp.
A2 – Published 1794 – No. 2. New Haven, Connecticut: For the Editor (Daniel Read), 39 pp.
A3 – Published 1795 – Nos. 1,2,3. New Haven, Connecticut: For the Editor (Daniel Read), 117 pp. (39+39+39)
B1 – Published 1798 – New Haven, Connecticut: For the Editor (Daniel Read), 118 pp. (71+8+39)
A2a – Published 1801 – No. 2. New Haven, Connecticut: For the Editor (Daniel Read), 47 pp. (41-71,1-16)
B2a – Published 1805 – Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann, 94 pp.
B2b – Published 1805 – Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann, 118 pp. (94+24 Supplement)
B3a – Published 1806 – Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann, 125 pp. (94+31 Supplement). Probably Edited by Joel Read
B3b – Published 1807 – Boston, Massachusetts: Manning and Loring, 111 pp.
B4 – Published 1810 – Boston, Massachusetts: Manning and Loring, 111 pp.
Description: This publication was first issued (A) as a periodical, in three numbers; then later (B) as a book.
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References
Works at CPDL
Edition A1 (1793)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Adams
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Why did the nations join to slay
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Camden
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Out of the deeps of long distress
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Depravity
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
By nature all have gone astray
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Firmament
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Great God, the heav'ns' well-ordered frame
Sacred
Set pieces
4
88. 88. 88
Friendship
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
How pleasant 'tis to see
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
668. 668
Morning
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear
Sacred
Set pieces
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Refuge
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
My refuge is the God of love
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Religion
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
My God, permit my tongue
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
66. 86 (S.M.)
Supplication
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
O wash my soul from every sin
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Sympathy
1793
William Read
Isaac Watts
Blest is the man whose bowels move
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Triumph
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Who shall the Lord's elect condemn
Sacred
Set pieces
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Windsor
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
He gives the grazing ox his meat
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
3
86. 86 (C.M.)
Zion
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
How did my heart rejoice to hear
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Edition A2 (1794)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Hamilton
1794
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Like fruitful showers of rain
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
668. 668
Smithfield
1794
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
This life's a dream, an empty show
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88. D (L.M.D.)
Edition A3 (1795)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Cypress
1795
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound
Sacred
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Hamshire
1795
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
He dies! The heavenly lover dies
Sacred
Anthems
4
Hear our prayer, O Lord our God
1795
Daniel Read
Sacred
Anthems
4
I know that my Redeemer lives
1795
Daniel Read
Sacred
Anthems
4
Edition A2a (1801)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Dominion
1801
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Edenton
1801
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Lord of the worlds above
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
66. 66. 88
Edition B2a (1805)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Christian Soldier
1805
Daniel Read
Charles Wesley
Soldiers of Christ, arise
Sacred
4
66. 86 (S.M.)
Edenton
1801
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Lord of the worlds above
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
66. 66. 88
Friendship
1793
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
How pleasant 'tis to see
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
668. 668
Monticello
1805
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
The world's foundations by His hand
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88. 88
Edition B2b (1805)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Cypress
1795
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound
Sacred
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Gardiner
1805
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Come, let our voices join to raise
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Justice
1805
Ezra Goff
Isaac Watts
He reigns! the Lord, the Savior reigns
Sacred
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Sardis
1805
Ezra Goff
Isaac Watts
This life's a dream, an empty show
Sacred
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Smithfield
1794
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
This life's a dream, an empty show
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88. D (L.M.D.)
Edition B3a (1806)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Dominion
1801
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Monticello
1805
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
The world's foundations by His hand
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88. 88
Mortality
1785
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Death, like an overflowing stream
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Winter
1785
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
His hoary frost, His fleecy snow
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Edition B3b (1807)
Title
Year
Composer
Arranger
Lyricist
First Line
Genre
Subgenre
Vo.
Meter
Admonition
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Sinners, awake betimes
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
10 10. 10 10. 10 10
Christian Soldier
1805
Daniel Read
Charles Wesley
Soldiers of Christ, arise
Sacred
4
66. 86 (S.M.)
Coventry
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Let strangers walk around
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
66. 86 (S.M.)
Dryden
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
My soul, come meditate the day
Sacred
3
86. 86 (C.M.)
Gratitude
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Bless, O my soul, the living God
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
It is better to go
1807
Daniel Read
Sacred
Anthems
4
Madison
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Great Shepherd of thine Israel
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
88. 88 (L.M.)
Mifflin
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
Life, like a vain amusement, flies
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)
Morris
1807
Daniel Read
Isaac Watts
God, my supporter and my hope
Sacred
Psalm-tunes
4
86. 86 (C.M.)