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|1||1||3999a||[[Aurora or Morning Hymn (William Billings)|Aurora or Morning Hymn]]||||Awake, my soul, awake||C||S.M.||3:2||4||
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|2||2||3366||[[Boston (William Billings)|Boston]]||William Billings||Methinks I see a heavenly host||B ||C.M.||3:2||4||
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|34||25||4003||[[Bolton (William Billings)|Bolton]]||Charles Wesley||Rejoice, the Lord is King||G||66.66.88.||6:8||4||
|34||25||4003||[[Bolton (William Billings)|Bolton]]||Charles Wesley||Rejoice, the Lord is King||G||66.66.88.||6:8||4||
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|35||26||||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Hear my prayer, O Lord my God||b||Anthem||3:2||4||Psalm 39
|35||26||||[[Hear my prayer, O Lord, my God (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Hear my prayer, O Lord my God||b||Anthem||3:2||4||Psalm 39
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|36||28||4033||[[Wrentham (William Billings)|Wrentham]]||Isaac Watts||The God of glory sends his summons forth||F||10 10.10 10.10 10.||2:2||4||
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|37||29||2342c||[[Maryland (William Billings)|Maryland]]||Isaac Watts||And must this body die||a||S.M.||2:2||4||
|37||29||2342c||[[Maryland (William Billings)|Maryland]]||Isaac Watts||And must this body die||a||S.M.||2:2||4||
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|38||30||||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Is any afflicted, let him pray||g||Anthem||2:2||4||
|38||30||||[[Is any afflicted? (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Is any afflicted, let him pray||g||Anthem||2:2||4||
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|39||32||4023||[[Sharon (William Billings)|Sharon]]||Isaac Watts||How glorious is our heavenly King||G||C.M.||6:4||4||
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|53||52||||[[A Funeral Anthem (William Billings)|A Funeral Anthem]]||||I heard a great voice from heaven||f||Anthem||3:2||4||Revelation Ch. 14
|53||52||||[[Funeral Anthem (William Billings)|A Funeral Anthem]]||||I heard a great voice from heaven||f||Anthem||3:2||4||Revelation Ch. 14
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|54||54||4028||[[Sunday (William Billings)|Sunday]]||William Billings||Majestic God, when I descry||E ||L.M.||3:2||4||
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|56||56||4006||[[Columbia (William Billings)|Columbia]]||William Billings||Not all the powers on earth||E||66.66.88.||2:2||4||
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|57||57||||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Sing ye merrily||C||Anthem||2:2||4||Psalm 81
|57||57||||[[Sing ye merrily (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||Sing ye merrily||C||Anthem||2:2||4||Psalm 81
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|58||62||4030||[[Warren (William Billings)|Warren]]||John Cennick||Children of the heavenly King||G||77.77.||6:8||4||
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|64||72||4001||[[Benevolence (William Billings)|Benevolence]]||Tate & Brady||Happy the man whose tender care||F||C.M.||2:2||4||
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|65||73||||[[Anthem (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||I am the rose of Sharon||A||Anthem||2:4||4||Song of Solomon Ch. 2
|65||73||||[[I am the Rose of Sharon (William Billings)|Anthem]]||||I am the rose of Sharon||A||Anthem||2:4||4||Song of Solomon Ch. 2
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|66||79||4031||[[Washington (William Billings)|Washington]]||Isaac Watts||Lord, when thou didst ascend on high||E||L.M.||2:2||4||
|66||79||4031||[[Washington (William Billings)|Washington]]||Isaac Watts||Lord, when thou didst ascend on high||E||L.M.||2:2||4||

Revision as of 04:52, 1 January 2019

General Information

Short Title: The Singing Master's Assistant

Full Title: The Singing Master's Assistant, or Key to Practical Music, Being [an] Abridgment from the New-England Psalm-Singer; Together with Several Other Tunes, Never Before Published.

Editor - Composer: William Billings, Composer

Publication date and place: 1778 Boston. Massachusetts: Drafer and Folsom. 104 pp.

Description: William Billings' second book, consisting entirely of his own compositions.

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Contents

No. Page HTI* Title Author First Line Key Meter Time Vo. Comment
1 1 3999a Aurora or Morning Hymn Awake, my soul, awake C S.M. 3:2 4
2 2 3366 Boston William Billings Methinks I see a heavenly host B C.M. 3:2 4
3 3a 3384 Duxborough Isaac Watts In vain the wealthy mortals toil e L.M. 4:4 4
4 3b 4022 Savannah George Whitefield Ah! Lovely appearance of death c L.M. 2:2 4 Words by GW
5 4a 3357 Africa Isaac Watts Now shall my inward joy arise E C.M. 3:2 4
6 4b 3370 Brookfield Isaac Watts Twas on that dark, that doleful night d C.M. 3:2 4
7 5 3997 America William Billings Come let us sing unto the Lord D 88.88.88. 3:2 4
8 6 4013 Judea William Billings A virgin unspotted by prophet foretold F 11 11.11 11 6:4 4
9 7 3360a Amherst Tate & Brady To God the mighty Lord G 66.66.88. 2:2 4
10 8 4004 Brunswick Isaac Watts Stoop down my thoughts that use to rise F C.M. 2:2 4
11 9a 3383 Dorchester Isaac Watts Time, what an empty vapor tis f C.M. 3:2 4
12 9b 4027 Sullivan Isaac Watts Let mortal tongues attempt to sing D L.M. 3:2 4
13 10a 3426 New South Tate & Brady To bless thy chosen race C S.M. 3:2 4
14 10b 3417 Medfield Samuel Byles When I my various blessings see C L.M. 3:8 4
15 11 4012 Heath Thomas Flatman Awake, my soul, awake my eyes C L.M. 2:2 4
16 12 3374 Chester William Billings Let tyrants shake their iron rod C L.M. 2:2 4
17 13 3372 Cambridge Tate & Brady Ye that delight to serve the Lord C 88.88.88. 2:2 4
18 14a 3408 Lebanon William Billings Death, with his warrant in his hand a C.M. 2:2 4
19 14b 3414 Marblehead Tate & Brady How vast must their advantage be G C.M. 3:2 4
20 15a 3401a New-Hingham William Billings Death, O the awful sound a S.M. 2:2 4
21 15b 3415 Marshfield Tate & Brady When we our wearied limbs to rest e L.M. 3:2 4
22 16a 3400 Hebron Isaac Watts My God, my life, my love d S.M. 3:2 4
23 16b 3404 Hollis Street Charles Wesley Ye servants of God, your master proclaim F 10 10.10 10 3:2 4
24 17a 3445 Princetown Tate & Brady Lord, hear the voice of my complaint d C.M. 3:2 4
25 17b 3458 Suffolk Isaac Watts Bright King of glory, dreadful God g L.M. 3:2 4
26 18 4016 Medway Isaac Watts Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name G C.M. 3:4 4
27 19 4008 Consolation Henry Playford He's come, let every knee be bent E C.M. 6:8 4
28 20a 3466 Waltham Isaac Watts My Savior and my King C S.M. 3:2 4
29 20b 4010 Emmaus Perez Morton When Jesus wept, a falling tear g L.M. 3:2 4
30 21 3453a Sappho Isaac Watts When the fierce north wind with his airy forces C 11 11.11 11. 2:2 4
31 22 David's Lamentation David the king was grieved and moved a Anthem 2:4 4 2 Samuel 18:33
32 23 4011 Halifax Isaac Watts Not to our names, thou only just and true c 10 10.10 10.10 10. 2:2 4
33 24 3448 Pumpily Tate & Brady Ye boundless realms of joy C 66.66.88 2:2 4
34 25 4003 Bolton Charles Wesley Rejoice, the Lord is King G 66.66.88. 6:8 4
35 26 Anthem Hear my prayer, O Lord my God b Anthem 3:2 4 Psalm 39
36 28 4033 Wrentham Isaac Watts The God of glory sends his summons forth F 10 10.10 10.10 10. 2:2 4
37 29 2342c Maryland Isaac Watts And must this body die a S.M. 2:2 4
38 30 Anthem Is any afflicted, let him pray g Anthem 2:2 4
39 32 4023 Sharon Isaac Watts How glorious is our heavenly King G C.M. 6:4 4
40 33 Lamentation over Boston William Billings By the rivers of Watertown a Anthem 3:2 4
41 39 4019 Phoebus Isaac Watts Lord, in the moorning thou shalt hear f C.M. 2:2 4
42 40 3998a Ashham Isaac Watts Thou whom my soul admires above A L.M. 6:8 4
43 41 3678 Exeter Isaac Watts My thoughts on awful subjects roll f C.M. 2:2 4
44 42 4025 Spain Isaac Watts How pleased and blest was I C 668.668. 2:2 4
45 43 4024 Sherburne Isaac Watts How pleasant tis to see F 668.668. 2:2 4
46 44 4026a Stockbridge Isaac Watts From all that dwell below the skies F L.M. 2:2 4
47 46 4021 Roxbury Tate & Brady O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice D 10 10.11 11. 3:4 4 Psalm 149
48 47 4000 Baltimore William Billings Father of mercies, thou C 664.6664. 6:4 4
49 48 4032 Worcester Isaac Watts How short and hasty are our lives g C.M. 2:2 4
50 49 4005 Chocksett Isaac Watts Lord of the worlds above G 66.66.88. 2:2 4
51 50 4020 Richmond James Relly My beloved, haste away a 78.78.78. 6:4 4
52 51 4018a Philadelphia Tate & Brady Let differing nations join D S.M.D. 3:2 4
53 52 A Funeral Anthem I heard a great voice from heaven f Anthem 3:2 4 Revelation Ch. 14
54 54 4028 Sunday William Billings Majestic God, when I descry E L.M. 3:2 4
55 55 4029 Vermont Isaac Watts In vain we lavish out our lives e C.M. 2:2 4
56 56 4006 Columbia William Billings Not all the powers on earth E 66.66.88. 2:2 4
57 57 Anthem Sing ye merrily C Anthem 2:2 4 Psalm 81
58 62 4030 Warren John Cennick Children of the heavenly King G 77.77. 6:8 4
59 63 Gratitude I love the Lord because he hath heard C Anthem 3:4 4 Psalm 118
60 67 3425 New North Tate & Brady O praise the Lord with one consent D C.M. 4:4 4
61 68 4014 Majesty Old Version The Lord descended from above F C.M. 2:2 4
62 69 4002a Bethlehem Tate & Brady While shepherds watched their flocks by night E C.M. 3:2 4
63 71 4017 North Providence Isaac Watts Come let us join our cheerful songs G C.M. 2:2 4
64 72 4001 Benevolence Tate & Brady Happy the man whose tender care F C.M. 2:2 4
65 73 Anthem I am the rose of Sharon A Anthem 2:4 4 Song of Solomon Ch. 2
66 79 4031 Washington Isaac Watts Lord, when thou didst ascend on high E L.M. 2:2 4
67 81 Retrospect Was not the day dark and gloomy a Anthem 2:2 4
68 92 Independence William Billings The states, O Lord, with songs of praise D Anthem 2:2 4
69 99 4007 Connection Isaac Watts Great is the Lord our God E S.M. 3:4 4
70 100 4009a Dunstable Isaac Watts With earnest longings of the mind f C.M. 3:2 4
71 102 Jargon William Billings Let horrid jargon split the air G 87.87. 2:2 4 Secular
 *. The Hymn Tune Index
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