The Worcester Collection

General Information

Title: The Worcester Collection

Full Title: Laus Deo! The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony.

Editor – Compiler: Isaiah Thomas, Editions 1–5 (1786–1794); Oliver Holden, Editions 6–8 (1797–1803)

1 – Published 1786 – First Edition by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester, Massachusetts, 200 pp.

2 – Published 1788 – Second Edition, 213 pp.

3 – Published 1791 – Third Edition by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 143 pp.

4 – Published 1792 – Fourth Edition by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 151 pp.

5 – Published 1794 – Fifth Edition by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 155 pp.

6 – Published 1797 – Sixth Edition, 142 pp.

7 – Published 1800 – Seventh Edition, 143 pp.

8 – Published 1803 – Eighth Edition, 197 pp.

Description: A compilation of sacred music for a cappella singing in three or four parts, by various composers.

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Berwick	1786	Jacob French	Tate and Brady	Speak, O ye judges of the earth		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Danbury	1786	Joseph Stone	Isaac Watts	Alas, the brittle clay		4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Hadley	1786	Joseph Stone	Isaac Watts	That awful day will surely come		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Pepperell	1786	Abraham Wood	Tate and Brady	As pants the hart for cooling streams		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Stratfield	1786	Ezra Goff	Isaac Watts	Through every age, eternal God		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
The Heavenly Vision	1786	Jacob French		I beheld and lo! a great multitude	Anthems	4
Walpole	1786	Abraham Wood	Isaac Watts	O, if my soul was formed for woe		4	86. 86 (C.M.)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Westford	1791	Samuel Holyoke	Isaac Watts			3	66. 66. 88

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Alpha	1792	Oliver Holden	James Hervey	When faith presents the Savior's death		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Mount Tabor	1792	Oliver Holden	George Richards	As Jesus stood on Tabor's mound		4	668. 668
New Canaan	1792	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	The Lord Jehovah reigns	Psalm-tunes	4	668. 668
Westfield	1792	Elias Mann	Isaac Watts	Now shall my inward joys arise	Set pieces	4	86. 86 (C.M.)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Lena	1794	Daniel Belknap	Joseph Hart	See the Lord of glory dying		4	887. 887

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Alpha	1792	Oliver Holden	James Hervey	When faith presents the Savior's death		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Contrast	1797	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	This life's a dream, an empty show	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Essex	1797	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Go, worship at Immanuel's feet		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Hail Thou King of saints	1797	Supply Belcher			Anthems	4
Hark! She bids all her friends adieu	1797	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts		Anthems	3	88. 88. 88. 88. 88. 88
I will praise Thee, O Lord my God	1797	Oliver Holden			Anthems	4
Pittston	1797	Supply Belcher	Isaac Watts	Now may my head be lifted high		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Topsham	1797	Supply Belcher	Isaac Watts	Dearest of all the names above		4	86. 86 (C.M.)