The United States Sacred Harmony (Amos Pilsbury)

General Information

Description: A book of music, compiled by Amos Pilsbury.

Title: The United States Sacred Harmony, Containing the Rudiments of Vocal Music in a Concise and Comprehensive Manner; and a Large and Valuable Collection of Psalm Tunes and Anthems. 224 pp.

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List of works

No.	Pages	HTI*	Title	Composer	Date	Key	Vo.	First line	Comments
1	15		Canon			B♭	4	Lift up your heads, O ye gates
2	16	2606	Milford	Joseph Stephenson	1760	A	4	If angels sung a Savior's birth
3	17	3366	Boston	William Billings	1770	B	4
4	18	4622a	Sherburne	Daniel Read	1785	D	4
5	19	4594	Calvary	Daniel Read	1785	a	4
6	20	3678	Exeter	William Billings	1774	f	4
7	21	2534a	3rd Psalm	Joseph Stephenson	1758	a	4
8	22	5013a	Ocean	Law, Rudiments of Music, Ed. 2	1789	F	4
9	23	4014	Majesty	William Billings	1778	F	4
10	24	4019	Phoebus	William Billings	1778	f	4
11	25	5375	Montgomery	Justin Morgan	1790	G	4
12	26	4690a	Jordan	William Billings	1786	A	4
13	27	4527b	Enfield	Solomon Chandler	1785	E	4
14	28	2766	33rd Psalm	William Tuckey	1761	D	4
15	29	6180b	119th Psalm	Smith, in French	1793	e	4
16	30	7879	Dover	Amos Pilsbury	1799	b	4
17	31	5805a	Ringe	Samuel Holyoke	1791	G	3
18	32	3223a	St. Asaph	Benjamin Milgrove	1768	B	4
19	33	3662a	Ashley	The Gospel Magazine, Vol. 1	1774	G	4
20	34	2640	34th Psalm	Joseph Stephenson	1760	C	4
21	35a	4290	Virginia	Oliver Brownson	1782	e	4
22	35b	4141	Suffield	A. King	1779	e	4
23	36a	4142a	Worthington	Strong	1779	d	4
24	36b	4629	Winter	Daniel Read	1785	F	4
25	37a	2721	Kensington	J. Wesley Sacred Melody	1761	g	4
26	37b	1946a	Newbury	Michael Beesly	1746	a	4
27	38a	4740	Georgia	Law, Rudiments of Music, Ed. 2	1786	e	4
28	38b	4093a	Miles-Lane	William Shrubsole	1779	C	4
29	39a	2776d	Abingdon	Musgrave Heighington	1762	G	4
30	39b	1936a	Irish	Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems	1749	G	4
31	40a	967a	Rochester	Israel Holdroyd	1722	G	4
32	40b	909b	Mear	Simon Browne	1720	G	4
33	41a	930a	Bedford	William Wheal	1720	F	4
34	41b	2924a	Buckingham	The Universal Psalmodist	1763	a	4
35	42a	1084a	Crowley	Green, Book of Psalm Tunes Ed. 5	1724	g	4
36	42b	2931a	Funeral Thought	Isaac Smith	1763	a	4
37	43a	1390a	Bangor	William Tans'ur	1735	d	4
38	43b	271l	Windsor	Christopher Tye	1552	a	4
39	44a	2042b	New-York	William Tans'ur	1752	E	4
40	44b	1929	St. Martins	William Tans'ur	1748	A	4
41	45a	3673a	Liverpool	Robert Wainwright	1774	F	4
42	45b	6282b	Archdale	Oliver Holden	1793	F	4
43	46a	6767a	Alexandria	James Leach	1794	D	4
44	46b	5176a	Melody	James Leach	1789	G	4
45	47	4031	Washington	William Billings	1778	E	4
46	48	4526	Bristol	Timothy Swan	1785	F	4
47	49	4661	Stratfield	Ezra Goff	1786	f	4
48	50	4289	Stratford	Daniel Read	1782	a	4
49	51	7902	Portland	Uranian Harmony	1791	d	4
50	52	4741	Greenwich	Daniel Read	1786	e	4
51	53	4431	Montague	Timothy Swan	1783	d	4
52	54	4131	Hartford	Elihu Carpenter	1779	d	4
53	55	5776	Edinburgh	Samuel Holyoke	1791	G	3
54	56	5587a	All Saints New	Amariah Hall	1791	c	4
55	57	5012	New Jersey	Ishmael Spicer	1789	e	4
56	58	7898	New Hampshire	Amos Pilsbury	1799	E	4		New in this book
57	59	4274	Bridgewater	Lewis Edson	1782	C	4
58	60-61	3256a	Denbigh	Martin Madan	1769	E	3
59	61	7894	Morning	Amos Pilsbury	1799	e	4		New in this book
60	62	5348	Complaint	Ezra Parmenter	1790	e	4
61	63	7200	Deanfield	Village Harmony, Ed. 2	1796	E	4
62	64	5014	Carlisle	Ishmael Spicer	1789	a	4
63	65	7303	Spring	Smith	1797	a	3
64	66a	3965a	Portugal	Thomas Thorley	1778	A	4
65	66b	4939	Antigua	R. Wells	1788	D	4
66	67a	2213a	Kingsbridge	Divine Musical Miscellany	1754	a	4
67	67b	7888a	Kedron	Amos Pilsbury	1799	e	4
68	68a	4789	Russia	Daniel Read	1787	a	4
69	68b	4612	Naples	Daniel Read	1785	d	4
70	69a	4946a	New Sabbath	Addington, Collection of Psalm Tunes	1788	D	4
71	69b	2992	Lebanon	J. Wesley Sacred Melody	1765	D	4
72	70a	6784	Morning Flower	James Leach	1794	g	4
73	70b	6813	Edmund Street	James Leach	1794	g	4
74	71a	3374	Chester	William Billings	1770	F	4
75	71b	4628	Windham	Daniel Read	1785	f	4
76	72a	2761	Morning Hymn	Urania	1761	B	4
77	72b	143a	Old Hundred	Louis Bourgeois	1561	A	4
78	73a	3370	Brookfield	William Billings	1770	d	4
79	73b	975a	Wells	Israel Holdroyd	1722	F	4
80	74a	387k	Angels Hymn	Orlando Gibbons	1623	A	4
81	74b	2940a	Putney	Isaac Smith	1763	a	4
82	75a	2742	Bramcoat	Caleb Ashworth	1761	C	4
83	75b	3260b	Dunstan	Martin Madan	1769	G	4
84	76a	3991a	Truro	Musica Sacra	1778	F	4
85	76b	3458	Suffolk	William Billings	1770	g	4
86	77	4166	Wells Row	Isaac Smith	1779	C	4
87	78	3999a	Aurora	William Billings	1778	C	4
88	79	2342c	Maryland	Uriah Davenport	1755	a	4
89	80-81	7891	Massachusetts	Amos Pilsbury	1799	b	4		New in this book
90	81	4929	Mount Carmel	Norman, Federal Harmony	1788	E	4
91	82a	5374	Lanesburgh	Lewis Edson	1790	e	4
92	82b	4138a	Norwich	Oliver Brownson	1779	a	4
93	83a	4139	25th Psalm	Alexander Gillet	1779	a	4
94	83b	4288a	Stafford	Daniel Read	1782	A	4
95	84	4077a	Worcester	Abraham Wood	1778	F	4
96	85	6750	Granby	Alexander Gillet	1794	G	4
97	86a	2381a	Eagle Street	Isaac Smith	1755	A	4
98	86b	7912	Wales	Original	1799	A	4
99	87a	6812	Cumberland-Street	James Leach	1794	E	4
100	87b	2934	Little Marlborough	The Universal Psalmodist	1763	a	4
101	88a	3812a	Kibworth	The Gospel Magazine, Vol. 3	1776	G	4
102	88b	7893	Moment's Thought	Amos Pilsbury	1799	B	4		New in this book
103	89a	3401b	Hingham	William Billings	1770	a	4
104	89b	848b	Aylsbury	A Book of Psalmody	1717	a	4
105	90a	2748	St. Simons	Caleb Ashworth	1761	G	4
106	90b	7882	Guilford	Original	1799	g	4
107	91	4091a	Silver Street	Isaac Smith	1779	C	4
108	92	4470b	Martins Lane	Smith, Collection of Psalm Tunes, Ed. 4	1784	G	4
109	93	4278a	Greenfield	Lewis Edson	1782	a	4
110	94	4915	146th Psalm	Simeon Jocelin	1788	A	4
111	95a	3697b	Newcourt	The Gospel Magazine, Vol. 2	1775	F	4
112	95b	1985	Jennings	J. Jennings	1750	C	4
113	96	4129	Farmington	Alexander Gillet	1779	f	4
114	97	4285	89th Psalm	Simeon Jocelin	1782	a	4
115	98	4130	Freedom	Alexander Gillet	1779	A	4
116	99	116a	Landaff	Genevan Psalter	1558	g	4
117	100	4619a	Resurrection	Daniel Read	1785	E	4
118	101	5359	Admonition	Daniel Read	1790	a	4
119	102	4140a	Springfield	Samuel Babcock	1779	b	4
120	103a	1648c	Amsterdam	J. Wesley Collection of Tunes	1742	G	4
121	103b	4280	Lenox	Lewis Edson	1782	C	4
122	104	4076	136th Psalm	Deaolph	1778	C	4
123	105	3079a	Portsmouth	Knibb, Psalm Singer's Help	1765	A	4
124	106a	3360a	Amherst	William Billings	1770	G	4
125	106b	4132a	Jubilee	Oliver Brownson	1779	A	4
126	107a	7887	Judea	Amos Pilsbury	1799	G	4		New in this book
127	107b	3317c	Yorkshire	Jesser	1769	E	4
128	108	7896	Mount Moriah	Amos Pilsbury	1799	e	4		New in this book
129	109	4074	Middletown	Amos Bull	1778	A	4
130	110	3263	Falmouth	Martin Madan	1769	D	4
131	111	3289	Somerset	Martin Madan	1769	E	4
132	112a	3225a	German Hymn	Benjamin Milgrove	1768	B	4
133	112b	2211a	Cookham	Divine Musical Miscellany	1754	G	4
134	113a	2980a	Feversham	John Worgan	1765	C	4
135	113b	7907	Salem	Amos Pilsbury	1799	a	4		New in this book
136	114	6081	New Haven	Z. W. Vincent	1792	F	4
137	115a	7904	112th Psalm	Original	1799	d	4
138	115b	1034a	Cary's	Henry Carey	1723	G	4
139	116	6139	Hampstead	Oswell	1793	D	4
140	117	5186b	Hampton	James Leach	1789	D	4
141	118a	6080	Limefield	Thomas Walker	1792	F	4
142	118b	4022	St. Peter's	William Billings	1778	c	4
143	119	2723b	New Jerusalem	J. Wesley Sacred Melody	1761	F	4
144	120	3667	Northampton	The Gospel Magazine, Vol. 1	1774	E	4
145	121a	3077a	Bethel	Knibb, Psalm Singer's Help	1765	G	4
146	121b	3264c	West-Street	Martin Madan	1769	B	4
147	122	7910	Triumph	Original	1799	d	4
148	123	6754	Newbern	Law, Christian Harmony	1794	G	4
149	124	4607a	Judgment	Daniel Read	1785	C	4
150	125a	4944a	St. Mark's	Addington, Collection of Psalm Tunes	1788	F	4
151	125b	4912	Milton	Hawley	1788	C	4
152	126	3578	122nd Psalm	Joseph Stephenson	1773	A	4
153	127	7874	Cambridge	Amos Pilsbury	1799	a	4		New in this book
154	128	7877a	Chesterfield	Original	1799	B	4
155	129	4524	Babylon	Asahel Benham	1785	e	4
156	130	4169	Warsaw	H. E., in The Gospel Magazine, Vol. 7	1780	A	4
157	131	3283a	Longfield	Martin Madan	1769	E	4
158	132	7873	Autumn	Amos Pilsbury	1799	f	4		New in this book
159	133	3292a	Sussex	Martin Madan	1769	G	4
160	134a	657a	St. Michael's	Supplement New Version	1708	B	4
161	134b	1833a	Walsingham	Johann Lampe	1746	d	4
162	135	2935a	Littleton	The Universal Psalmodist	1763	A	4
163	136a	2973c	Helmsley	Madan, Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes	1765	G	4
164	136b	7889a	Kingston	Amos Pilsbury	1799	a	4
165	137	6055	Broughton	Thomas Walker	1792	G	4
166	138	6071a	Manchester	R. Keene	1792	D	4
167	139	2234a	Lyme	Harmonia Sacra (Butts)	1754	D	4
168	140	4216a	Mendon	William Billings	1781	a	4
169	141	4286	Salisbury	Oliver Brownson	1782	a	4
170	142	4207	Harmony	Thomas Arne	1754	G	4
171	143	1831c	Chatham	Johann Lampe	1746	a	4
172	144	7897	Musicians	Original	1799	G	4
173	145	4693	Hebron	William Billings	1786	E	4
174	146	7900	Petition	Original	1799	a	4
175	147a	3294b	Turin	Felice Giardini	1769	F	4
176	147b	1818	Crucifixion	Johann Lampe	1746	d	4
177	148a	3296a	Christmas	Martin Madan	1769	G	4
178	148b	7880	Edson	Amos Pilsbury	1799	e	4		New in this book
179	149a	6052	Burton	R. Keene	1792	B	4
180	149b	7885	Hatfield	Original	1799	F	4
181	150a	4264	Langdon	Benjamin Milgrove	1781	B	4
182	150b	5188	Sacrament	James Leach	1789	B	4
183	151a	1816b	Passion	Johann Lampe	1746	e	4
184	151b	2942	St. Clement's	The Universal Psalmodist	1763	B	4
185	152	4265b	Birmingham	Benjamin Milgrove	1781	D	4
186	153	6083	Wiltshire	Z. W. Vincent	1792	G	4
187	154a	6056	Cornwall	Thomas Walker	1792	B	4
188	154b	3214a	Huntingdon	Benjamin Milgrove	1768	a	4
189	155	7892	Middlesex	Amos Pilsbury	1799	F	4		New in this book
190	156	6060	East-Grinstead	Thomas Walker	1792	F	4
191	157	7875	Canaan	Amos Pilsbury	1799	A	4		New in this book
192	158a	7884	Hamburgh	Amos Pilsbury	1799	a	4		New in this book
193	158b	3543b	Dunstable	The Spiritual Psalmodist's Companion	1772	D	4
194	159	1815c	New-Year	Hymns on the Great Festivals	1746	D	4
195	160	7911	Wakefield	Original	1799	C	4
196	161	6063	Bremen	Thomas Walker	1792	C	4
197	162	6059	Devonshire	Thomas Walker	1792	C	4
198	163	7881	Franklin	Amos Pilsbury	1799	d	4		New in this book
199	164	7878	Dartmouth	Amos Pilsbury	1799	e	4		New in this book
200	165a	145f	Verulam	French Psalter	1561	F	4
201	165b	6085	Priestley	Rippon, Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes	1792	G	4
202	166	7883	Hadley	Amos Pilsbury	1799	d	4		New in this book
203	167a	2209	Havant	Divine Musical Miscellany	1754	G	4
204	167b	7906	Rockingham	Amos Pilsbury	1799	b	4		New in this book
205	168	7901	Pinckney-Street	Amos Pilsbury	1799	g	4		New in this book
206	169a	2965	Birkstead	George F. Handel	1755	F	4
207	169b	7908	South-Carolina	Amos Pilsbury	1799	D	4		New in this book
208	170a	2206a	Fairfax	Divine Musical Miscellany	1754	g	4
209	170b	2760a	Watertown	Urania	1761	A	4
210	171a	4256	Bunker-Hill	A. Law, Select Number of Plain Tunes	1781	a	4
211	171b-173	5357	Cheshunt	A Selection of Sacred Harmony	1790	F	4	The voiceof my beloved sounds
212	174-175	7895	Mount Calvary	Amos Pilsbury	1799	b	4		New in this book
213	175	4426a	Sophronia	A. King	1783	d	4
214	176	7685b	Vermont	Cole, Sacred Harmony	1799	A	4
215	177	4206b	New-Chester	J. Wesley Sacred Harmony	1781	e	4
216	178	3695a	Leoni	The Gospel Magazine, Vol. 2	1775	a	4
217	179	7903	Potomack	Amos Pilsbury	1799	G	4		New in this book
218	180	7899	Orangeburgh	Amos Pilsbury	1799	a	4		New in this book
219	181a	7909	Trenton	Amos Pilsbury	1799	e	4		New in this book
220	181b	4020	Richmond	William Billings	1778	a	4
221	182	7886	Haverhill	Amos Pilsbury	1799	D	4		New in this book
222	183-185	0	Anthem			C	3	Lift up your heads
223	186-189	0	Denmark	Martin Madan		D	3	Before Jehovah's awful throne
224	190-192	0	Greenwich	Martin Madan		G	3	Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
225	193-196	0	Easter	Martin Madan		G	3	He dies, the friend of sinners dies
226	196-200	0	The Dying Christian	William Billings		A♭	3	Vital spark of heavenly flame
227	201-202	0	Sheffield	Breillat		G	3	Sinners, why so thoughtless grown
228	203-206	0	Epsom	Martin Madan		G	3	Come, let us join our cheerful songs
229	207-209	0	Ode on Spring			D	4	Hail, reviving spring
230	210-212	0	Anthem			G	4	When the Lord turned again
231	213-214	4627	Westford	Daniel Read	1785	B	4	Far from my thoughts, vain world
232	214	6287	Concord	Oliver Holden	1793	C	4
233	215	4439a	Invitation	Jacob Kimball	1784	D	4
234	216a	1664g	Winchester	J. Wesley Collection of Tunes	1742	C	4
235	216b	7876a	Charleston	Amos Pilsbury	1799	F	4
236	217	3549	Carlisle New	Martin Madan	1772	E	4
237	218	6804a	St. John's	James Leach	1794	A	4
238	219	7905	Rhode-Island	Amos Pilsbury	1799	c	4
239	220a	7890	Maddison	Amos Pilsbury	1799	a	4		New in this book
240	220b	4000	Baltimore	William Billings	1778	C	4