William Billings Birthday '96

The William Billings Birthday Book
Containing a choice Selection of
Psalm-tunes, Fuges, Anthems & Canons,
To be sung on Boston Common October 6, 1996,
And at King's Chapel October 8, 1996,

The Whole composed to Words taken from the most approved Authors or from Hebrew & Christian Scriptures,
By the celebrated Mr. William BILLINGS,
Born in Boston October 7, 1746 N.S.,
Author of The Continental Harmony, The Suffolk Harmony, The Psalm-Singer's Amusement,The Singing-Master's Assistant, The New-England Psalm-Singer, &c., &c.,

Selected and in part newly edited in four-shape Patent-Notes by
A Master of Arts, in New-Jersey,
The former Editions being diligently compared & revised, with Excerpts therefrom reprinted by Permission.

Printed at Boston for the use of the Ad-Hoc Billings Birthday Committee.

Tunes and anthems marked with an asterisk (*) have been newly set in shape notes.

Africa
Assurance
Baptism
Berlin*
Broad Cove
Brookfield
Boston
Burlington
Chester (with text "Let tyrants shake their iron rod")*
Chesterfield
Claremont
Cobham
Framingham
Gilead
Glocester*
Golgotha
Hopkinton
Invocation
Jargon*
Judea
Majesty
North Providence
Old Hundred (familiar tune, as published and probably arranged by Billings)*
St. Ann's (familiar tune, as published and probably arranged by Billings)*
Sappho*
Sheffield
Shiloh
Sinai
Stoughton
Washington

Anthems

By the shores of Watertown (LAMENTATION OVER BOSTON)*
Mourn, mourn
My friends, I am going (THE DYING CHRISTIAN'S FAREWELL)
O praise the Lord of Heav'n
The Lord is ris'n indeed (EASTER ANTHEM)
Vital spark of heav'nly flame (THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL)
We are met for a concert (MODERN MUSIC)

Canons

Wake every breath
When Jesus wept

Additional music to be sung from the versions printed in The Sacred Harp (1991 edition):

Benificent
Jordan
Phoebus
Petersburg
Vermont
Rose of Sharon (I am the Rose of Sharon)
David's Lamentation (David the king was grieved)
Funeral Anthem (I heard a great voice)

Additional music provided at King's Chapel:

Creation
Kittery
Euroclydon (They that go down to the sea in ships)
Two newly-attributed tunes, Effingham and Paria (see the article by Karl Kroeger in The Hymn, July 1996).

Contents

Anthems

Canons

Additional music to be sung from the versions printed in The Sacred Harp (1991 edition):

Additional music provided at King's Chapel: