The American Singing-Book (Daniel Read)

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Title: The American Singing-Book

Full Title: The American Singing-Book, or a New and Easy Guide to the Art of Psalmody, Designed for the Use of Singing Schools in America, Containing in a Plain and Familiar Manner, the Rules of Psalmody, Together with a Number of Psalm Tunes, etc.

Composer – Compiler: Daniel Read

Publications using VolumesEditions

1 – Published 1785 – by Daniel Read in New Haven, Connecticut, 73 pp.

2 – Published 1786 – 73 pp.

3 – Published 1787 – with Supplement, 88 pp.

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Edition 1 (1785)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Albany	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	No, I shall envy them no more	Sacred		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Amboy	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	I am not concerned to know	Sacred		4	77. 77
Amity	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	How pleasant tis to see	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	668. 668
Annapolis	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Awake, ye saints, to praise your King	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Asia	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	When man grows bold in sin	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Barnstable	1785	Daniel Read	Charles Wesley	Hail the day that saw him rise	Sacred		4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Barrington	1785	Daniel Read	Tate and Brady	How long wilt thou forget me, Lord	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Bennington	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Had not the Lord, let Israel say	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Burlington	1785	Daniel Read	George Whitefield	Disciples of Christ, ye friends of the Lamb	Sacred		4	10 10. 11 11
Calvary	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	My thoughts, that often mount the skies	Sacred		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Charlestown	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	When God revealed His gracious name	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Complaint	1785	Daniel Read	Charles Wesley	And am I only born to die	Sacred	Set pieces	4	886. 886
Derby	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Lord of the worlds above	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	66. 66. 88
Dover	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	O that the Lord would guide my ways	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Doxology	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	To God the Father, God the Son	Sacred		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Eastham	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Tis with a mournful pleasure now	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Enfield	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Might I enjoy the meanest place	Sacred		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Fidelity	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	I wait for Thy salvation, Lord	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86. D (C.M.D.)
Freetown	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Join all the glorious names	Sacred		4	66. 66. 88
Happy City	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Happy the city, where their sons	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Holland	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Say, mighty love, and teach my song	Secular	Odes	4	886. 886
Human Frailty	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Thee we adore, eternal name	Sacred		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Judgment	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Behold, the Judge descends, his guards are nigh	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	10 10. 10 10. 10 10
Kingston	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	The law by Moses came	Sacred		4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Lisbon	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Welcome, sweet day of rest	Sacred		4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Lyme	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Soon as I heard my Father say	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Mortality	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Death, like an overflowing stream	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Naples	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Shall the vile race of flesh and blood	Sacred		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
New-England	1785	Daniel Read	William Billings	Let tyrants shake their iron rod	Secular		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Newark	1785	Daniel Read	Anonymous	Now begin the heavenly theme	Sacred		4
Newport	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	I send the joys of earth away	Sacred		4	88. 88 (L.M.) 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)
Norton	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Mine eyes and my desire	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Norwalk	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	O all ye nations, praise the Lord	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
O praise the Lord, O my soul	1785	Daniel Read		O praise the Lord, O my soul	Sacred	Anthems	4
Pembrook	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Arise, arise, my gracious God	Sacred	Set pieces	4
Resurrection	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	The God of glory sends His summons forth	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	10 10. 10 10. 10 10
Ripton	1785	Daniel Read	Tate and Brady	That man is blest, who stands in awe	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88. 88
Sabbath	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Sweet is the work, my God and King	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Sherburne	1785	Daniel Read	Tate and Brady	While shepherds watched their flocks by night	Sacred	Carols	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Sudbury	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Think, mighty God, on feeble man	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88. 88
Victory	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Now shall my head be lifted high	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Vienna	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	My soul lies cleaving to the dust	Sacred		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Warren	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise	Sacred		4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Westford	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone	Sacred	Set pieces	4	88. 88 (L.M.) 88. 88. 88. 88. 88. 88
Windham	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Broad is the road that leads to death	Sacred		4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Winter	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	His hoary frost, His fleecy snow	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Zoar	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Far as Thy name is known	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	66. 86 (S.M.)

Edition 3 (1787)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Mortality	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Death, like an overflowing stream	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Providence	1787	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	Deep in our hearts let us record	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Winter	1785	Daniel Read	Isaac Watts	His hoary frost, His fleecy snow	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	86. 86 (C.M.)