The Complete Works of William Billings

Volume IV

The Complete Works of William Billings

volume iv

The Continental Harmony (1794)

karl kroeger, editor

Richard Crawford, Editorial Consultant

The American Musicological Society & The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston

Distributed by the University Press of Virginia

The following have provided financial support for this publication:

The American Musicological Society

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

The National Endowment for the Humanities

The Sonneck Memorial Fund

Copyright © 1990, The American Musicological Society and The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

isbn 1–878528–01–7

Musical engraving by A-R Editions, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin

Design, composition and printing by Meriden-Stinehour Press

Binding by Acme Bookbinding Company

The Complete Works of William Billings

volume i

The New-England Psalm-Singer (1770)

volume ii

The Singing Master’s Assistant (1778)

Music in Miniature (1779)

volume iii

The Psalm-Singer’s Amusement (1781)

The Suffolk Harmony (1786)

and the independent publications

volume iv

The Continental Harmony (1794)

In memoriam

Hans Nathan (1910–1989)