The American Harmony (Nehemiah Shumway)
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Title: The American Harmony
Full Title: The American Harmony, Containing, in a Concise Manner, the Rules of Singing, Together with a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems, From the Most Approved Authors, Ancient and Modern.
Editor - Composer – Compiler: Nehemiah Shumway
Publication date and place: 1793 by John McCullough in Philadelphia, 212 pp.
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| Title | Year | Composer | Lyricist | First Line | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamberton | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | The Lord my shepherd is | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
| Pennsylvania | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | When shall Thy lovely face be seen? | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Burlington | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Francis Hopkinson | My God, my God, why leavest Thou me | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 8866. 8866 |
| Scotland | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | Awake, our souls, away, our fears | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| New-Jersey | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Tate and Brady | Erect your heads, eternal gates | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Sutton | 1793 | Ezra Goff | Isaac Watts | Save me, O God, the swelling flood | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | |
| Freehold | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | The God of Abraham praise | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 66. 84. 66. 84 | |
| Lancaster | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | The Lord, how fearful is His name | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Cranbury | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | Great God, the heavens' well-ordered-frame | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 88. 88. 88 |
| Westminster | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Anonymous | Thou great and sovereign Lord of all | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Pittsgrove | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | John Newton (hymnwriter) | Bless, O Lord, the opening year | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 77. 77 |
| Judgment | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | The Lord, the Judge, before His throne | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Nixington | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | John Newton (hymnwriter) | Day of judgment, day of wonders | Sacred | Hymns | 4 | 87. 87. 47 |
| Haverhill | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | Alas, the bitter clay | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
| Morpheus | 1793 | Elisha West | William Billings | Death, with his warrant in his hand | Sacred | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Death's Alarm | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | The rising morning can't assure | Sacred | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Harmony | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | Say, mighty love, and teach my song | Secular | Set pieces | 4 | 886. 886 |
| Judgment | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | No more shall atheists mock his long delay | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 10 10. 10 10. 11 11 |
| Precept | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | The watchmen join their voice | Sacred | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
| Venus | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | Behold, the lofty sky | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
| Sharon | 1793 | Elisha West | Isaac Watts | How pleased and blest was I | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 668. 668 |
| Lewisburgh | 1793 | Nehemiah Shumway | Isaac Watts | Sweet is the day of sacred rest | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Hatfield | 1793 | William Billings | Anonymous | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |