Abbreviations and Short Titles Cited in Commentary

Arnold 1749

Arnold, John. The Compleat Psalmodist. 2d ed. London: R. Brown, for the author, 1749.

Arnold 1756

Arnold, John. The Compleat Psalmodist, 4th ed. London: Robert Brown, 1756.

Bayley 1764

[Bayley, Daniel.] A New and Compleat Introduction to the Grounds and Rules of Musick. Newbury-port: printed for and sold by Bulkeley Emerson, 1764.

Bayley 1771

Bayley, Daniel. The Essex Harmony. Newbury Port: the Author, 1771.

Bayley 1773

[Bayley, Daniel]. The American Harmony, 8th ed. Newburyport: Daniel Bayley, 1773.

Bible, Authorized Version

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Boston: Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1814.

Bible, Psalms

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Boston: Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1814. The Book of Psalms.

Bible, Psalms, Common Prayer version

Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The Book of Common Prayer. New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1809. Book of Psalms.

Boston 1799

The Boston Collection. Boston: William Norman, [ca. 1799].

Brady and Tate, New Version

Brady, Nicholas, and Nahum Tate. A New Version of the Psalms of David. London: J. Roberts, 1749 (first published in London, 1696).

Brownson 1783

Brownson, Oliver. Select Harmony. [Connecticut,] 1783.

CH

Billings, William. The Continental Harmony. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1794.

CtHT-WMs

Manuscript, Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Bound with Walter, Thomas. The Grounds and Rules of Musick Explained. Boston: for Samuel Gerrish, 1746.

Flagg 1764

Flagg, Josiah. A Collection of the Best Psalm Tunes. Boston: Paul Revere and Josiah Flagg, 1764.

French 1793

French, Jacob. The Psalmodist’s Companion. Worcester: Leonard Worcester, for Isaiah Thomas, 1793.

French 1802

French, Jacob. Harmony of Harmony. Northampton: Andrew Wright, for the compiler, 1802.

Hartwell 1815

Hartwell, Edward. The Chorister’s Companion. Exeter: C. Norris & Co., 1815.

Huntington 1807

Huntington, Jonathan. The Apollo Harmony. Northampton: Horace Graves, 1807.

Julian

Julian, John. A Dictionary of Hymnology. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1892; repr., New York: Dover, 1957.

Knapp 1751

Knapp, William. New Church Melody. London: for R. Baldwin, 1751.

Law 1783

Law, Andrew. A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship. [Connecticut, 1783]

Law 1793

Law, Andrew. The Rudiments of Music. 4th ed. Cheshire, Connecticut: William Law, 1793.

Lyra Davidica

Lyra Davidica. London: J. Walsh, 1708.

MM

Billings, William. Music in Miniature. Boston: the Author, 1779.

MHi Ms

Manuscript, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. Shepard Fish Manuscript.

MiU-CMs 1

Manuscript, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Bound with Billings, William. The New-England Psalm-Singer. Boston: Edes and Gill, [1770].

MiU-CMs 2

Manuscript, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Bound with Billings, William. The Singing Master’s Assistant. Boston: Draper and Folsom, 1778.

MiU-CMs 3

Manuscript, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Eleazer Everett Orderly Book.

NEPS

Billings, William. The New-England Psalm-Singer. Boston: Edes and Gill, [1770].

NNMs

Manuscript, New York Public Library. Bound with [Bayley, Daniel.] The American Harmony. [Newburyport: Daniel Bayley, 1773].

PSA

Billings, William. The Psalm-Singer’s Amusement. Boston: the Author, 1781.

PSA 1804

The Psalm-Singer’s Amusement. [Greenwich, Massachusetts: John Howe?, 1804–10].

Peck

Peck, John. A Description of the Last Judgment. 2d ed. Boston: E. Russell, 1773.

Pilsbury 1799

Pilsbury, Amos. The United States’ Sacred Harmony. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1799.

Pope, Works

Pope, Alexander. The Works of Alexander Pope, 9 vols. London: P. Knapton, 1751.

RPB Ms

Manuscript, Harris Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. W. C[ouch], The Northwestern Harmony. [1815 or later].

Read 1804

Read, Daniel. The Columbian Harmonist, 2d ed. Dedham: H. Mann, 1804.

Relly

Relly, James, and John Relly. Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs. London: M. Lewis, 1758; repr., Burlington, [New Jersey]: Isaac Collins, 1776.

SH

Billings, William. The Suffolk Harmony. Boston: J. Norman, for the Author, 1786.

SMA

Billings, William. The Singing Master’s Assistant. Boston: Draper and Folsom, 1778.

Sacred 1788

Sacred Harmony, or A Collection of Psalm Tunes, Ancient and Modern. Boston: C. Cambridge, [1786–88].

Shumway 1793

Shumway, Nehemiah. The American Harmony. Philadelphia: John M’Culloch, 1793.

Sternhold & Hopkins

Sternhold, Thomas, John Hopkins, and others. The Whole Booke of Psalmes with Hymnes Evangelical, and Spiritual Songs. London: Company of Stationers. 1621.

Stickney 1774

Stickney, John. The Gentleman and Lady’s Musical Companion. Newburyport: Daniel Bayley, 1774.

Supplement

A Supplement to the New Version of Psalmes. 8th ed. Savoy: E. and R. Nutt, 1724 (first edition published in London, 1700).

Tans’ur 1755

Tans’ur, William. The Royal Melody Compleat. London: R. Brown, for James Hodges, 1755.

Thomas Papers

The Isaiah Thomas Papers. Manuscript collection, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Village 1800

The Village Harmony. 5th ed. Exeter, New Hampshire: Henry Ranlet, 1800.

WBI

The Complete Works of William Billings. Vol. I. Edited by Karl Kroeger. Published by The American Musicological Society and The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1981.

WBII

The Complete Works of William Billings. Vol. II. Edited by Hans Nathan. Published by The American Musicological Society and The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1977.

Waterhouse Ms

Manuscript in possession of Mrs. Dorothy Waterhouse, Boston, Massachusetts. Facsimile reprint in Richard Crawford and David P. MacKay, “Music in Manuscript: A Massachusetts Tune-Book of 1782.” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, LXXXIV/1 (April 1974).

Watts, Horae Lyricae

Watts, Isaac. Horae Lyricae. 10th ed. New York: Hugh Gaine, 1762 (first published in London, 1707–09).

Watts, Hymns

Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Three Books. London: J. F. and C. Rivington, 1788 (first published in London, 1707–09). Hymns I, Hymns II, and Hymns III refer, respectively, to Books I, II, and III.

Watts, Psalms

Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament. London: J. F. and C. Rivington, 1788 (first published in London, 1719).

Watts, Psalms, 1784

Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament. Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1784.

Watts, Songs

Watts, Isaac. Divine and Moral Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. Utica: Seward and Williams, 1810 (first published in London, 1715).

Wesley, Hymns

Wesley, Charles. Hymns and Sacred Poems. Bristol: Felix Farley, 1749.

Williams 1770

Williams, Aaron. The New Universal Psalmodist. London: for the Author, 1770.

Worcester 1786

The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1786.

Worcester 1788

The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony. 2d ed. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1788.

Worcester 1791

The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony. 3d ed. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1791.

Young

Young, Edward. The Complaint; or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. Philadelphia: Bell, 1777 (first published in London, 1742–45).