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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.)

by: Billings, William, 1746-1800

Publication date: 1770

Topics: Anthems, Tune-books, Hymns, English, Music -- Instruction and study, Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied, Imprint 1770

Publisher: Boston: New-England. : Printed by Edes and Gill. And to be sold by them at their printing-office in Queen-Street; : by Deacon Elliot, under Liberty-Tree; : by Josiah Flagg in Fish-Street; by Gillam Bass, the corner of Ann-Street, : and by the author.

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

1 score (10, [1], 8, [1], 9-22, 109, [3] pages) ; 17 x 22 cm (4to)

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title and imprint transcription

According to Hans Nathan in his "William Billings: a bibliography", in Music Library Association Notes, volume 29, number 4, 1973, pages 658-669, this work was advertised in the Boston Gazette, December 10, 1770

Pages [1]-10, 1st count are letterpress; pages [1], 8, [1], 2nd-4th counts, are engraved; pages 9-22, 5th count are letterpress; pages 1-108, 6th count, are engraved; pages 109, [1-3], 6th and 7th counts, are letterpress

Includes music and words for either 4 (SATB) or 5 (SATBB) voices

"An essay on the nature and properties of sound", pages 3-9, has separate caption title. It has been attributed to a Charles Stockbridge of Scituate, Massachusetts

"On music", page 10, is by Mather Byles

"An introduction to the rules of musick, with such directions for singing, as is most easy and necessary for learners", pages 9-21, 4th count, has separate caption title

"A hymn compos'd by the Rev. Mr. Whitefield", page [1], 6th count, has separate caption title

Last letterpress page, the index, is the pastedown of rear board

Frontispiece signed P. Revere sculp.; he also engraved the music. See. Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, 1954, p. 65-70

Title page printed printed within ornamental border

(From song titles) America / P.M. -- Brookline. Ps. 19 / CM. -- Nantucket. Hymn 5 / SM. -- Hampshire / LM. -- New Town / LM. -- Malden. Ps. 106 / LM. -- Union. Ps. 23 / SM. -- Pembroke. Hymn 17 / LM. -- Concord. Ps. / CM. -- New Boston. Ps. 148 / PM. -- Hingham / SM. -- Brookfield. Hymn 72d / LM. -- Pomfret. Ps. 92 / CM. -- St. Elisha's hymn 14 / LM. -- Duxborough / LM. -- Scituate / LM. -- Liberty / SM. -- Pembroke new / PM. -- Plymton / PM. -- New South /SM. -- Sudbury / CM. -- Water Town / LM -- Fairfield / SM. -- Africa / CM. -- Hamton / LM. -- A hymn for Christmas, or Charleston. Hymn 25 / CM. -- Cumberland / CM. -- North River / CM. - Albany / CM. -- Suffolk / LM. -- Whellers Point / LM. -- Unity / LM. -- Brattle Street / LM. -- Old Brick / LM. -- Roxbury / LM. -- Old South / CM. -- Greenland / SM. -- Old North. or morning hymn / SM. -- Boston. For Christmas hymn 33d. / CM.-- An anthem. Psalm 93 -- An anthem. Psalm 42 -- Massechustts [sic] / words by PM. -- Bridgwater or evening hymn / LM. -- Pleasant Street / LM. -- Nantasket / LM. -- Stoughton / CM. -- Orange Street / CM. -- Branetree / PM. -- Milton. Psalm 145 / CM. -- Deadham / LM. -- Prince Town / CM. -- Corsica / words by PM. -- Cambridge / PM. -- Chelsea / LM. -- Amhearst. Psalm 136 / LM. -- Taunton Psalm 42d. / CM. -- Queen Street / words by PM. -- An anthem. Psalm 18 -- Pitt / SM. -- Freedom / SM. -- Tower Hill / CM. -- New Hingham / SM. -- Attleborough / SM. -- Purapily. Psalm 148 / PM. -- Asia / SM. -- Friendship / SM. -- Wellfleet / SM. -- Eastham / CM. -- Middlesex / CM. -- Chesterfield / CM. -- East-Town / SM. -- Uxbridge / CM. -- Jamacia [sic] / LM. -- Essex / SM. -- Andover / CM. -- Lexington / LM. -- Summer Street / CM. -- Pownall / LM. -- Barre / CM. -- Nutfield / SM. -- Harvard / CM. -- Hebron / SM. -- New North / CM. -- Dighton / CM. -- Lynn / CM. -- Westfield / LM -- Marblehead / CM. -- Ipswich / CM. -- Swanzey / CM. -- Dickinson / SM. -- Purchase Street / SM. -- Middletown / SM. -- Shirley / LM. -- Hanover / LM -- Hanover new / CM. -- Georgia / LM. -- Marshfield / LM. -- Lincoln / SM. -- Orleans / CM. -- Providence / LM. -- Dorchester / CM. -- No. 45 / PM. -- The 18th psalm / CM. -- Wilks / words by PM. -- An anthem psalm the 143 for fast day -- Medford / LM. -- Hollis / LM. -- Newport / LM. -- Williamsburgh / CM. -- Holden -- Ashford. Psalm 23 / CM. -- Europe / CM. -- Chester / LM. -- Smithfield Psm 15 / CM. -- Lancaster / LM. -- Plainfield / CM. -- Hollis Street / words by the Revd. Dr. Byles -- Medfield / words by the late Sml. Byles MD. LM. -- Waltham / words by PM. SM. -- Lebanon or Funeral hymn / CM. -- Haverill. Psalm 34 / CM. -- Suitable to be sung at charity meeting. Anthem taken from Mathew 5 & 25, 1 Chorin. Chap 13 & 14 Psalm 34 & 41. -- A new tune to Dr. Watts's Sapphick ode / by W.B

Purchase; 29471

Accession: 29471

Addeddate: 2023-08-10 21:07:05

Associated-names: Byles, Mather, 1707-1788; Byles, Samuel, 1743-1764; Whitefield, George, 1714-1770; Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; Hest, Joseph; Herinton, Chase