The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (1804)

General Information

Short Title: The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (1804)

Full Title: The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, Containing I. A Gamut and Explanation of the Rules of Music, etc,; II. A Number of Plain, Easy, and Useful Tunes, from the Best Authors, Ancient and Modern, and Well Adapted to Schools, Churches, and Families, in the United States.

Editor - Composer: Solomon Howe, with some compositions by William Billings

Publication date and place: 1804 possibly in Greenwich, Connecticut? (Temperley).
Description: Temperley [1] says this was compiled by Solomon Howe, "a combined reissue of The Bird and The Lark (1790) and Billings' The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (1781), with additions." He ascribes several of the additions to William Billings.

Contents

No.	Pg.	P*	Title	Composer	First Line	Author	Vo.	Comment
1	5		Bethany	Solomon Howe	When Joseph his brethren beheld	John Newton	4	First publication
2	6	1	Philadelphia	Solomon Howe	Happy the heart where graces reign	Isaac Watts	4	First publication
3	7	2	Thomastown	William Billings	Great God, how frail a thing is man	William Billings	4
4	8a	3	St. Martin's	William Tans'ur	Shout to the Lord, and let our joys	Isaac Watts	4
5	8b	3	Danbury	William Billings	Lord, what a feeble piece	Isaac Watts	4
6	9a	4	Rochester	Israel Holdroyd	Glory to God, who walks the sky	Isaac Watts	4
7	9b	4	Europe	William Billings	Let every mortal ear attend	Isaac Watts	4
8	10a	5	Hopkinton	Abraham Wood	Death, like an overflowng stream	Isaac Watts	4
9	10b	5	Plymouth	William Tans'ur	Now let our lips with holy fear	Isaac Watts	4
10	11	6	Jordan	William Billings	There is a land of pure delight	Isaac Watts	4
11	12a	7	Caladonia	Solomon Howe	Blest are the souls that hear and know	Isaac Watts	4	First publication
12	12b	7	Jamaica	William Billings	Joy to the world, the Lord is come	Isaac Watts	4
13	13	8	Bennington	William Billings	Sweet is the work, my God, my King	Isaac Watts	4	Variant of Friendship
14	14a	1	Crucifixion	William Billings	Mourn, mourn, ye saints	Anonymous	4
15	14b	1	Aylesbury	Anonymous	Our moments fly apace	Isaac Watts	4
16	15a	2	Fitchburg	William Billings	Deep in our hearts let us record	Isaac Watts	4
17	15b	2	Madrid	William Billings	O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice	Tate & Brady	4
18	16	3	Mansfield	William Billings	Think, mighty God, on feeble man	Isaac Watts	4
19	17a	4	Delaware	William Billings	Remember, Lord, our mortal state	Isaac Watts	4
20	17b	4	Solitude	Lemuel Babcock	My flesh shall slumber in the ground	Isaac Watts	4
21	18	5	Hatfield	William Billings	Let others boast how strong they be	Isaac Watts	4
22	19a	7	Wells	Israel Holdroyd	Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun	Isaac Watts	4
23	19b	7	Hampshire	William Billings	Return, O God of love, return	Isaac Watts	4
24	20a	6	Euphrates	Lemuel Babcock	When we, our weary limbs to rest	Tate & Brady	4
25	20b	6	Little Marlborough	Anonymous	Our moments fly apace	Isaac Watts	4
26	21	8	Westboro'	Abraham Wood	Behold a man threescore and ten	Anonymous	4
27	22		The Bird	William Billings	Since I have placed my trust in God	Tate & Brady	4	Reprinted from 1790
28	24		The Lark	William Billings	Look up, and see the unwearied sun	William Billings	4	Reprinted from 1790
29	26	3	Berlin	William Billings	He dies, the heavenly lover dies	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
30	27	4	Framingham	William Billings	Shall wisdom cry aloud	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
31	29	6	Manchester	William Billings	Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice	Tate & Brady	4	Reprint from 1781
32	31	8	Assurance	William Billings	Now shall my head be lifted high	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
33	32	9	Anthem	William Billings	Thou, O God art praised in Zion		4	Reprint from 1781
34	39	16	Anthem	William Billings	The beauty of Israel is slain		4	Reprint from 1781
35	45	22	Redemption	William Billings	The eternal speaks, all heaven attends	William Knapp	4	Reprint from 1781
36	47	24	Anthem	William Billings	Blessed is he who considereth the poor		4	Reprint from 1781
37	58	35	Anthem	William Billings	And I saw a mighty angel		4	Reprint from 1781
38	69	46	Emmanuel	William Billings	As shepherds in Jewry	William Billings	4	Reprint from 1781
39	71	48	Rutland	William Billings	My flesh shall slumber in the ground	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
40	74	51	Wareham	William Billings	My God, my life, my love	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
41	76	53	Mendom	William Billings	My Redeemer, let me be	James Relly	4	Reprint from 1781
42	77	54	Euroclydon	William Billings	They that go down to the sea in ships	William Billings	4	Reprint from 1781
43	84	61	Golgotha	William Billings	Hark, from the tombs a doleful sound	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
44	85	62	Resignation	William Billings	Thus saith the ruler of the skies	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
45	86	63	Anthem	William Billings	Who is this that cometh from Edom		4	Reprint from 1781
46	95	72	Modern Musick	William Billings	We are met for a concert	William Billings	4	Reprint from 1781
47	101	78	Andover	William Billings	Awake my heart, arise my tongue	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
48	102	79	Adoration	William Billings	To God the Father, God the Son	Isaac Watts	4	Reprint from 1781
49	104	81	Consonance	William Billings	Down steers the Bass	Mather Byles	4	Reprint from 1781
50	112	89	Anthem	William Billings	Let every mortal ear attend		4	Reprint from 1781
51	122	99	The Dying Christian to His Soul	William Billings	Vital spark of heavenly flame	Alexander Pope	4	Reprint from 1781
52	126	103	Hartford	William Billings	Glorious Jesus, glorious Jesus	James Relly	4	Reprint from 1781

 *. Number on page (not sequential)

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	Lyricist	Year	No.	Genre	Subgenre	First Line	Meter	Vo.	Voices
Europe	William Billings	Isaac Watts	1770	7	Sacred		Let every mortal ear attend	86. 86 (C.M.)	4	SATB
Hatfield	William Billings	Anonymous	1793	21	Sacred	Psalm-tunes		86. 86 (C.M.)	3	STB