The New-England Psalm-Singer (William Billings)
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Short Title: The New-England Psalm-Singer
Full Title: The New-England Psalm-Singer; or, American Chorister. Containing A Number of Psalm-Tunes, Anthems and Canons, In Four and Five Parts, Never before Published.
Editor - Composer: William Billings, Composer
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Description: The first book of original music by a single composer printed in America.
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Contents
No. | Page | Title | Author | First Line | Key | Meter | Time | Vo. | Comment |
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1 | 0 | Canon of 6 | Mather Byles | Wake every breath and every string | C | L.M. | 3:2 | 6 | Engraved by Paul Revere |
2 | 1 | America | Mather Byles | To thee the tuneful anthem soars | D | 88.88.88. | 3:2 | 4 | |
3 | 2a | Brookline | no text | A | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | Psalm 19 | |
4 | 2b | Nantucket | no text | D | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Hymn 6 | |
5 | 3a | Hampshire | no text | a | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
6 | 3b | New Town | no text | A | L.M. | 2:2 | 4 | ||
7 | 4a | Malden | no text | G | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 106 | |
8 | 4b | Union | no text | C | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 25 | |
9 | 5a | Pembroke | no text | D | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | Hymn 17 | |
10 | 5b | Concord | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm _ | |
11 | 6a | New Boston | no text | D | 66.688. | 4:4 | 4 | Psalm 148 | |
12 | 6b | Hingham | no text | b | S.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
13 | 7a | Brookfield | no text | d | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Hymn 75 | |
14 | 7b | Pomfret | no text | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 92 | |
15 | 8a | St. Elisha's | no text | D | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Hymn 14 | |
16 | 8b | Duxborough | no text | e | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
17 | 9a | Scituate | no text | b | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
18 | 9b | Liberty | William Billings | God bless our glorious king | G | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
19 | 10 | Pembroke New | no text | D | 88.88.88. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
20 | 11 | Plymton | no text | b | 88.88.88. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
21 | 12a | New South | no text | C | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
22 | 12b | Sudbury | no text | F | C.M. | 2:2 | 4 | ||
23 | 13a | Water Town | no text | D | L.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
24 | 13b | Fairfield | no text | a | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
25 | 14a | Africa | no text | E | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
26 | 14b | Hamton | no text | C | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
27 | 15 | Christmas Hymn or Charlston | Tate & Brady | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | F | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | |
28 | 16a | Cumberland | no text | C | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
29 | 16b | North River | no text | a | C.M. | 2:2 | 4 | ||
30 | 17a | Albany | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
31 | 17b | Suffolk | no text | g | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
32 | 18a | Wheelers Point | no text | d | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
33 | 18b | Unity | no text | D | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
34 | 19 | Brattle Street | no text | G | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
35 | 20a | Old Brick | no text | a | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
36 | 20b | Roxbury | no text | a | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
37 | 21a | Old South | no text | b | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
38 | 21b | Greenland | no text | a | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
39 | 22 | Old North or Morning Hymn | Awake, my soul, awake | F | S.M.D. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
40 | 23 | Boston | Isaac Watts | Shepherds rejoice, lift up your eyes | B | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | |
41 | 24 | Anthem | The Lord is King, and is clothed with majesty | C | Anthem | 3:4 | 4 | Psalm 3 | |
42 | 31 | Anthem | As the hart panteth after the water brooks | F, G | Anthem | 2:2 | 4 | Psalm 42 | |
43 | 40a | Massachusetts | Perez Morton | Great is the Lord, he thunders his voice | C | 10 10.10 10 | 3:2 | 4 | |
44 | 40b | Bridgwater or Evening Hymn | William Billings | Majestic God, when I descry | F | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
45 | 41a | Pleasant Street | no text | a | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
46 | 41b | Nantasket | no text | C | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
47 | 42a | Stoughton | no text | A | C.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
48 | 42b | Orange Street | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
49 | 43 | Braintree | no text | D | 88.88.88. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
50 | 44a | Milton | Thomas Norton | Then will I laud my God and King | G | C.M.D. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 145 |
51 | 45a | Dedham | no text | G | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
52 | 45b | Prince Town | no text | d | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
53 | 46a | Corsica | Perez Morton | The Lord almighty is a God | F | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
54 | 46b | Canon of 4 in 1 | no text | B♭ | L.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
55 | 47 | Cambridge | no text | C | 88.88.88. | 2:2 | 4 | ||
56 | 48a | Chelsea | no text | D | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
57 | 48b | Amherst | Tate & Brady | To God the mighty Lord | G | 66.66.88. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 136 |
58 | 49 | Taunton | Tate & Brady | As pants the hart for cooling streams | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 42 |
59 | 50 | Queen Street | Perez Morton | O clap your hands and shout for joy | F | C.M. | 2:2 | 4 | |
60 | 51 | Anthem | Thomas Sternhold | The Lord descended from above | C | Anthem | 3:4 | 4 | Psalm 18 |
61 | 56 | Canon of 4 in 1 | Perez Morton | When Jesus wept, the falling tear | A | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
62 | 57 | Pitt | no text | C | S.M.D. | 2:2 | 3 | ||
63 | 58a | Freedom | no text | a | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
64 | 58b | Tower Hill | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
65 | 59a | New Hingham | William Billings | Death! O the awful sound | b | S.M. | 2:2 | 4 | |
66 | 59b | Attleborough | no text | F | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
67 | 60a | Pumpily | no text | C | 66.66.88. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 148 | |
68 | 60b | Asia | no text | a | S.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
69 | 61a | Friendship | no text | A | S.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
70 | 61b | Wellfleet | no text | a | S. M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
71 | 62a | Eastham | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
72 | 62b | Middlesex | no text | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
73 | 63a | Chesterfield | no text | d | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
74 | 63b | East-Town | no text | G | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
75 | 64a | Uxbridge | no text | G | C.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
76 | 64b | Jamaica | no text | a | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
77 | 65a | Essex | no text | C | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
78 | 65b | Andover | no text | C | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
79 | 66a | Lexington | no text | a | L.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
80 | 66b | Summer Street | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
81 | 67a | Pownall | no text | a | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
82 | 67b | Barre | no text | G | C.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
83 | 68a | Nutfield | no text | e | S.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
84 | 68b | Harvard | no text | d | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
85 | 69a | Hebron | no text | d | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
86 | 69b | New North | no text | D | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
87 | 70a | Dighton | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
88 | 70b | Lynn | no text | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
89 | 71a | Westfield | no text | f | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
90 | 71b | Marblehead | no text | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
91 | 72a | Ipswich | no text | a | C.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
92 | 72b | Swanzey | no text | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
93 | 73a | Dickinson | no text | A | S.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
94 | 73b | Purchase Street | no text | F | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
95 | 74a | Middletown | no text | g | S.M. | 2:4 | 4 | ||
96 | 74b | Shirley | no text | e | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
97 | 75a | Hanover | William Billings | Blessed is the man, supremely blessed | D | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | |
98 | 75b | Hanover New | no text | A | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
99 | 76a | Georgia | no text | G | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
100 | 76b | Marshfield | Tate & Brady | Ah! Lovely appearance of death | e | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 137 |
101 | 77a | Lincoln | no text | C | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
102 | 77b | Orleans | no text | g | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
103 | 78a | Providence | no text | e | L.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
104 | 78b | Dorchester | no text | f | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
105 | 79 | No. 45 | no text | F | 66.66.88. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
106 | 80a | The Eighteenth Psalm | no text | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
107 | 80b | Wilks | Perez Morton | Almighty God, eternal King | D | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
108 | 81 | Anthem for Fast Day | Hear my prayer, O Lord | a | Anthem | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 143 | |
109 | 85 | Canon of 4 in 1 | Isaac Watts | Thus saith the high, the lofty One | G | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
110 | 86a | Medford | no text | b | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
111 | 86b | Hollis | no text | B | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
112 | 87a | Newport | no text | d | L.M. | 3:4 | 4 | ||
113 | 87b | Williamsburgh | William Billings | Almighty God, whose boundless sway | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
114 | 88 | Holden | no text | C | 88.88.88. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
115 | 89 | Ashford | Tate & Brady | The Lord himself, the mighty Lord | C | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 23 |
116 | 90 | Europe | William Billings | Let Whig and Tory all subside | F | C.M. | 2:2 | 4 | |
117 | 91 | Chester | William Billings | Let tyrants shake their iron rod | F | L.M. | 2:2 | 4 | |
118 | 92 | Smithfield | Tate & Brady | Lord, who's the happy man that may | a | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 15 |
119 | 93a | Lancaster | no text | a | L.M. | 4:4 | 4 | ||
120 | 93b | Plainfield | no text | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | ||
121 | 94a | Hollis Street | Mather Byles | Let angels above and saints here below | F | 10 10.11 11 | 3:2 | 4 | |
122 | 94b | Medfield | Samuel Byles | When I my various blessings see | C | L.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
123 | 95a | Waltham | Perez Morton | To thee I made my cry | C | S.M. | 3:2 | 4 | |
124 | 95b | Lebanon or Funeral Hymn | William Billings | Death, with his warrant in his hand | g | C.M. | 2:2 | 4 | |
125 | 96 | Haverill | Tate & Brady | Through all the changing scenes of life | G | C.M. | 3:2 | 4 | Psalm 34 |
126 | 97 | Anthem | Blessed is he who considereth the poor | C, c | Anthem | 3:2 | Suitable for charity meeting | ||
127 | 108 | Sapphick Ode | Isaac Watts | When the fierce north wind with his airy forces | C | 11 11.11 11. | 3:2 | 4 |