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


{{PubDatePlace|ca. 1804| possibly in Greenwich, Connecticut? (Temperley)}}
{{PubDatePlace|1804| possibly in Greenwich, Connecticut? (Temperley)| }}
 
{{Descr|Temperley [https://hymntune.library.illinois.edu/] 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.}}
'''Description:''' Temperley ([ ''The Hymn Tune Index'']) 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.  
 
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==Contents==
==Contents==
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|align=right|1||align=right|5||||[[Bethany (Solomon Howe)|Bethany]]||[[Solomon Howe]]||When Joseph his brethren beheld||John Newton (hymnwriter)|John Newton||4||First publication
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|align=right|2||align=right|6||1||[[Philadelphia (Solomon Howe)|Philadelphia]]||[[Solomon Howe]]||Happy the heart where graces reign||Isaac Watts||4||First publication
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|align=right|3||align=right|7||2||[[Thomastown (William Billings)|Thomastown]]||[[William Billings]]||Great God, how frail a thing is man||William Billings||4||
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|align=right|4||align=right|8a||3||[[St. Martin's (William Tans'ur)|St. Martin's]]||[[William Tans'ur]]||Shout to the Lord, and let our joys||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|5||align=right|8b||3||[[Danbury (William Billings)|Danbury]]||[[William Billings]]||Lord, what a feeble piece||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|6||align=right|9a||4||[[Rochester (Israel Holdroyd)|Rochester]]||[[Israel Holdroyd]]||Glory to God, who walks the sky||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|7||align=right|9b||4||[[Europe (William Billings)|Europe]]||[[William Billings]]||Let every mortal ear attend||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|8||align=right|10a||5||[[Hopkinton (Abraham Wood)|Hopkinton]]||[[Abraham Wood]]||Death, like an overflowng stream||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|9||align=right|10b||5||[[Plymouth (William Tans'ur)|Plymouth]]||[[William Tans'ur]]||Now let our lips with holy fear||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|10||align=right|11||6||[[Jordan (William Billings)|Jordan]]||[[William Billings]]||There is a land of pure delight||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|11||align=right|12a||7||[[Caladonia (Solomon Howe)|Caladonia]]||[[Solomon Howe]]||Blest are the souls that hear and know||Isaac Watts||4||First publication
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|align=right|12||align=right|12b||7||[[Jamaica (William Billings)|Jamaica]]||[[William Billings]]||Joy to the world, the Lord is come||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|13||align=right|13||8||[[Bennington (William Billings)|Bennington]]||[[William Billings]]||Sweet is the work, my God, my King||Isaac Watts||4||Variant of Friendship
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|align=right|14||align=right|14a||1||[[Crucifixion (William Billings)|Crucifixion]]||[[William Billings]]||Mourn, mourn, ye saints||Anonymous||4||
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|align=right|15||align=right|14b||1||[[Aylesbury (Anonymous)|Aylesbury]]||[[Anonymous]]||Our moments fly apace||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|16||align=right|15a||2||[[Fitchburg (William Billings)|Fitchburg]]||[[William Billings]]||Deep in our hearts let us record||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|17||align=right|15b||2||[[Madrid (William Billings)|Madrid]]||[[William Billings]]||O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice||Tate & Brady||4||
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|align=right|18||align=right|16||3||[[Mansfield (William Billings)|Mansfield]]||[[William Billings]]||Think, mighty God, on feeble man||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|19||align=right|17a||4||[[Delaware (William Billings)|Delaware]]||[[William Billings]]||Remember, Lord, our mortal state||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|20||align=right|17b||4||[[Solitude (Lemuel Babcock)|Solitude]]||[[Lemuel Babcock]]||My flesh shall slumber in the ground||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|21||align=right|18||5||[[Hatfield (William Billings)|Hatfield]]||[[William Billings]]||Let others boast how strong they be||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|22||align=right|19a||7||[[Wells (Israel Holdroyd)|Wells]]||[[Israel Holdroyd]]||Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|23||align=right|19b||7||[[Hampshire (William Billings)|Hampshire]]||[[William Billings]]||Return, O God of love, return||Isaac Watts||4||
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|align=right|24||align=right|20a||6||[[Euphrates (Lemuel Babcock)|Euphrates]]||[[Lemuel Babcock]]||When we, our weary limbs to rest||Tate & Brady||4||
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|align=right|25||align=right|20b||6||[[Little Marlborough (Anonymous)|Little Marlborough]]||[[Anonymous]]||Our moments fly apace||Isaac Watts||4||
|-
|align=right|26||align=right|21||8||[[Westboro' (Abraham Wood)|Westboro']]||[[Abraham Wood]]||Behold a man threescore and ten||Anonymous||4||
|-
|align=right|27||align=right|22||||[[The Bird (William Billings)|The Bird]]||[[William Billings]]||Since I have placed my trust in God||Tate & Brady||4||Reprinted from 1790
|-
|align=right|28||align=right|24||||[[The Lark (William Billings)|The Lark]]||[[William Billings]]||Look up, and see the unwearied sun||William Billings||4||Reprinted from 1790
|-
|align=right|29||align=right|26||3||[[Berlin (William Billings)|Berlin]]||[[William Billings]]||He dies, the heavenly lover dies||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|30||align=right|27||4||[[Framingham (William Billings)|Framingham]]||[[William Billings]]||Shall wisdom cry aloud||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
|-
|align=right|31||align=right|29||6||[[Manchester (William Billings)|Manchester]]||[[William Billings]]||Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice||Tate & Brady||4||Reprint from 1781
|-
|align=right|32||align=right|31||8||[[Assurance (William Billings)|Assurance]]||[[William Billings]]||Now shall my head be lifted high||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
|-
|align=right|33||align=right|32||9||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||[[William Billings]]||Thou, O God art praised in Zion||||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|34||align=right|39||16||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||[[William Billings]]||The beauty of Israel is slain||||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|35||align=right|45||22||[[Redemption (William Billings)|Redemption]]||[[William Billings]]||The eternal speaks, all heaven attends||William Knapp||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|36||align=right|47||24||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||[[William Billings]]||Blessed is he who considereth the poor||||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|37||align=right|58||35||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||[[William Billings]]||And I saw a mighty angel||||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|38||align=right|69||46||[[Emmanuel (William Billings)|Emmanuel]]||[[William Billings]]||As shepherds in Jewry||William Billings||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|39||align=right|71||48||[[Rutland (William Billings)|Rutland]]||[[William Billings]]||My flesh shall slumber in the ground||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|40||align=right|74||51||[[Wareham (William Billings)|Wareham]]||[[William Billings]]||My God, my life, my love||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|41||align=right|76||53||[[Mendom (William Billings)|Mendom]]||[[William Billings]]||My Redeemer, let me be||James Relly||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|42||align=right|77||54||[[Euroclydon (William Billings)|Euroclydon]]||[[William Billings]]||They that go down to the sea in ships||William Billings||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|43||align=right|84||61||[[Golgotha (William Billings)|Golgotha]]||[[William Billings]]||Hark, from the tombs a doleful sound||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|44||align=right|85||62||[[Resignation (William Billings)|Resignation]]||[[William Billings]]||Thus saith the ruler of the skies||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|45||align=right|86||63||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||[[William Billings]]||Who is this that cometh from Edom||||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|46||align=right|95||72||[[Modern Musick (William Billings)|Modern Musick]]||[[William Billings]]||We are met for a concert||William Billings||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|47||align=right|101||78||[[Andover (William Billings)|Andover]]||[[William Billings]]||Awake my heart, arise my tongue||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|48||align=right|102||79||[[Adoration (William Billings)|Adoration]]||[[William Billings]]||To God the Father, God the Son||Isaac Watts||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|49||align=right|104||81||[[Consonance (William Billings)|Consonance]]||[[William Billings]]||Down steers the Bass||Mather Byles||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|50||align=right|112||89||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||[[William Billings]]||Let every mortal ear attend||||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|51||align=right|122||99||[[The Dying Christian to His Soul (William Billings)|The Dying Christian to His Soul]]||[[William Billings]]||Vital spark of heavenly flame||Alexander Pope||4||Reprint from 1781
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|align=right|52||align=right|126||103||[[Hartford (William Billings)|Hartford]]||[[William Billings]]||Glorious Jesus, glorious Jesus||James Relly||4||Reprint from 1781
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Latest revision as of 02:46, 20 September 2023

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.

External Links

References

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
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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
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