The Singing Master's Assistant (William Billings)

General Information

Short Title: The Singing Master's Assistant

Full Title: The Singing Master's Assistant, or Key to Practical Music, Being [an] Abridgment from the New-England Psalm-Singer; Together with Several Other Tunes, Never Before Published.

Editor - Composer: William Billings

Publication date and place: 1778 Boston. Massachusetts: Drafer and Folsom. 104 pp.
Description: William Billings' second book, consisting entirely of his own compositions.

Contents

No.	Page	HTI*	Title	Author	First Line	Key	Meter	Time	Vo.	Comment
1	1	3999a	Aurora or Morning Hymn		Awake, my soul, awake	C	S.M.	3:2	4
2	2	3366	Boston	William Billings	Methinks I see a heavenly host	B	C.M.	3:2	4
3	3a	3384	Duxborough	Isaac Watts	In vain the wealthy mortals toil	e	L.M.	4:4	4
4	3b	4022	Savannah	George Whitefield	Ah! Lovely appearance of death	c	L.M.	2:2	4	Words by GW
5	4a	3357	Africa	Isaac Watts	Now shall my inward joy arise	E	C.M.	3:2	4
6	4b	3370	Brookfield	Isaac Watts	Twas on that dark, that doleful night	d	C.M.	3:2	4
7	5	3997	America	William Billings	Come let us sing unto the Lord	D	88.88.88.	3:2	4
8	6	4013	Judea	William Billings	A virgin unspotted by prophet foretold	F	11 11.11 11	6:4	4
9	7	3360a	Amherst	Tate & Brady	To God the mighty Lord	G	66.66.88.	2:2	4
10	8	4004	Brunswick	Isaac Watts	Stoop down my thoughts that use to rise	F	C.M.	2:2	4
11	9a	3383	Dorchester	Isaac Watts	Time, what an empty vapor tis	f	C.M.	3:2	4
12	9b	4027	Sullivan	Isaac Watts	Let mortal tongues attempt to sing	D	L.M.	3:2	4
13	10a	3426	New South	Tate & Brady	To bless thy chosen race	C	S.M.	3:2	4
14	10b	3417	Medfield	Samuel Byles	When I my various blessings see	C	L.M.	3:8	4
15	11	4012	Heath	Thomas Flatman	Awake, my soul, awake my eyes	C	L.M.	2:2	4
16	12	3374	Chester	William Billings	Let tyrants shake their iron rod	C	L.M.	2:2	4
17	13	3372	Cambridge	Tate & Brady	Ye that delight to serve the Lord	C	88.88.88.	2:2	4
18	14a	3408	Lebanon	William Billings	Death, with his warrant in his hand	a	C.M.	2:2	4
19	14b	3414	Marblehead	Tate & Brady	How vast must their advantage be	G	C.M.	3:2	4
20	15a	3401a	New-Hingham	William Billings	Death, O the awful sound	a	S.M.	2:2	4
21	15b	3415	Marshfield	Tate & Brady	When we our wearied limbs to rest	e	L.M.	3:2	4
22	16a	3400	Hebron	Isaac Watts	My God, my life, my love	d	S.M.	3:2	4
23	16b	3404	Hollis Street	Charles Wesley	Ye servants of God, your master proclaim	F	10 10.10 10	3:2	4
24	17a	3445	Princetown	Tate & Brady	Lord, hear the voice of my complaint	d	C.M.	3:2	4
25	17b	3458	Suffolk	Isaac Watts	Bright King of glory, dreadful God	g	L.M.	3:2	4
26	18	4016	Medway	Isaac Watts	Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name	G	C.M.	3:4	4
27	19	4008	Consolation	Henry Playford	He's come, let every knee be bent	E	C.M.	6:8	4
28	20a	3466	Waltham	Isaac Watts	My Savior and my King	C	S.M.	3:2	4
29	20b	4010	Emmaus	Perez Morton	When Jesus wept, a falling tear	g	L.M.	3:2	4
30	21	3453a	Sappho	Isaac Watts	When the fierce north wind with his airy forces	C	11 11.11 11.	2:2	4
31	22		David's Lamentation		David the king was grieved and moved	a	Anthem	2:4	4	2 Samuel 18:33
32	23	4011	Halifax	Isaac Watts	Not to our names, thou only just and true	c	10 10.10 10.10 10.	2:2	4
33	24	3448	Pumpily	Tate & Brady	Ye boundless realms of joy	C	66.66.88	2:2	4
34	25	4003	Bolton	Charles Wesley	Rejoice, the Lord is King	G	66.66.88.	6:8	4
35	26		Anthem		Hear my prayer, O Lord my God	b	Anthem	3:2	4	Psalm 39
36	28	4033	Wrentham	Isaac Watts	The God of glory sends his summons forth	F	10 10.10 10.10 10.	2:2	4
37	29	2342c	Maryland	Isaac Watts	And must this body die	a	S.M.	2:2	4
38	30		Anthem		Is any afflicted, let him pray	g	Anthem	2:2	4
39	32	4023	Sharon	Isaac Watts	How glorious is our heavenly King	G	C.M.	6:4	4
40	33		Lamentation over Boston	William Billings	By the rivers of Watertown	a	Anthem	3:2	4
41	39	4019	Phoebus	Isaac Watts	Lord, in the moorning thou shalt hear	f	C.M.	2:2	4
42	40	3998a	Ashham	Isaac Watts	Thou whom my soul admires above	A	L.M.	6:8	4
43	41	3678	Exeter	Isaac Watts	My thoughts on awful subjects roll	f	C.M.	2:2	4
44	42	4025	Spain	Isaac Watts	How pleased and blest was I	C	668.668.	2:2	4
45	43	4024	Sherburne	Isaac Watts	How pleasant tis to see	F	668.668.	2:2	4
46	44	4026a	Stockbridge	Isaac Watts	From all that dwell below the skies	F	L.M.	2:2	4
47	46	4021	Roxbury	Tate & Brady	O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice	D	10 10.11 11.	3:4	4	Psalm 149
48	47	4000	Baltimore	William Billings	Father of mercies, thou	C	664.6664.	6:4	4
49	48	4032	Worcester	Isaac Watts	How short and hasty are our lives	g	C.M.	2:2	4
50	49	4005	Chocksett	Isaac Watts	Lord of the worlds above	G	66.66.88.	2:2	4
51	50	4020	Richmond	James Relly	My beloved, haste away	a	78.78.78.	6:4	4
52	51	4018a	Philadelphia	Tate & Brady	Let differing nations join	D	S.M.D.	3:2	4
53	52		A Funeral Anthem		I heard a great voice from heaven	f	Anthem	3:2	4	Revelation Ch. 14
54	54	4028	Sunday	William Billings	Majestic God, when I descry	E	L.M.	3:2	4
55	55	4029	Vermont	Isaac Watts	In vain we lavish out our lives	e	C.M.	2:2	4
56	56	4006	Columbia	William Billings	Not all the powers on earth	E	66.66.88.	2:2	4
57	57		Anthem		Sing ye merrily	C	Anthem	2:2	4	Psalm 81
58	62	4030	Warren	John Cennick	Children of the heavenly King	G	77.77.	6:8	4
59	63		Gratitude		I love the Lord because he hath heard	C	Anthem	3:4	4	Psalm 118
60	67	3425	New North	Tate & Brady	O praise the Lord with one consent	D	C.M.	4:4	4
61	68	4014	Majesty	Old Version	The Lord descended from above	F	C.M.	2:2	4
62	69	4002a	Bethlehem	Tate & Brady	While shepherds watched their flocks by night	E	C.M.	3:2	4
63	71	4017	North Providence	Isaac Watts	Come let us join our cheerful songs	G	C.M.	2:2	4
64	72	4001	Benevolence	Tate & Brady	Happy the man whose tender care	F	C.M.	2:2	4
65	73		Anthem		I am the rose of Sharon	A	Anthem	2:4	4	Song of Solomon Ch. 2
66	79	4031	Washington	Isaac Watts	Lord, when thou didst ascend on high	E	L.M.	2:2	4
67	81		Retrospect		Was not the day dark and gloomy	a	Anthem	2:2	4
68	92		Independence	William Billings	The states, O Lord, with songs of praise	D	Anthem	2:2	4
69	99	4007	Connection	Isaac Watts	Great is the Lord our God	E	S.M.	3:4	4
70	100	4009a	Dunstable	Isaac Watts	With earnest longings of the mind	f	C.M.	3:2	4
71	102		Jargon	William Billings	Let horrid jargon split the air	G	87.87.	2:2	4	Secular

 *. The Hymn Tune Index

Works at CPDL

Title	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.
Chester	William Billings	Let tyrants shake their iron rod	Sacred		4
Africa	Isaac Watts		Sacred		4
Judea		A virgin unspotted	Sacred	Carols	4
Connection		Hail! Sacred music, hail!	Sacred		4
Boston			Sacred		4
David's Lamentation			Sacred	Anthems	4
Majesty	Thomas Sternhold		Sacred		4
I am the Rose of Sharon			Sacred	Anthems	4
Richmond	James Relly	My beloved haste away	Sacred		4
Washington	Isaac Watts	Lord, when thou didst ascend on high	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Is any afflicted?			Sacred	Anthems	4
Lamentation over Boston	William Billings		Sacred	Anthems	4
Bethlehem	Nahum Tate	While shepherds watched their flocks by night	Sacred	Carols	4
Sappho	Isaac Watts	When the fierce north wind with his airy forces	Sacred		4
Bolton	Charles Wesley	Rejoice, the Lord is king	Sacred	Hymn tunes	4
Brookfield	Isaac Watts		Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Jargon			Secular	Partsongs	4
Emmaus	William Billings	When Jesus wept a falling tear	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Vermont	Isaac Watts	In vain we lavish out our lives	Sacred		4
Princetown	Tate and Brady	Lord, hear the voice of my complaint	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Hebron	Isaac Watts	My God, my life, my love	Sacred		4
Dunstable	Isaac Watts	With earnest longings of the mind	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Dorchester	Isaac Watts		Sacred		4
Halifax	Isaac Watts	Not to our names, Thou only just and true	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Exeter	Isaac Watts	When I my inward guilt suppressed Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Brunswick	Isaac Watts		Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Medway	Isaac Watts	Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Marblehead	Tate and Brady		Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Waltham	Isaac Watts		Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Warren	John Cennick		Sacred		4
Gratitude		I love the Lord because He hath heard	Sacred	Anthems	4
North Providence	Isaac Watts	Come, let us join our cheerful songs	Sacred		4
Philadelphia	Tate and Brady	Let differing nations join	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Amherst	Tate and Brady		Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Benevolence	Tate and Brady	Happy the man whose tender care	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Worcester	Isaac Watts	How short and hasty are our lives	Sacred		4
America	William Billings	Come, let us sing unto the Lord	Sacred		4
Duxborough	Isaac Watts	In vain the wealthy mortals toil	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Aurora	William Billings	Awake, my soul, awake	Secular		4
Savannah	George Whitefield	Ah! Lovely appearance of death	Sacred		4
Sullivan	Isaac Watts	Let mortal tongues attempt to sing	Sacred		4
Heath	Thomas Flatman	Awake my soul, awake my eyes	Sacred		4
Suffolk	Isaac Watts	Bright King of glory, dreadful God	Sacred		4
Pumpily	Tate and Brady	Ye boundless realms of joy	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Medfield	Samuel Byles	When I my various blessings see	Sacred		4
Lebanon	William Billings	Death, with his warrant in his hand	Sacred		4
Hollis Street	Mather Byles	Let angels above and saints here below (1770)	Sacred		4
Hollis Street	Charles Wesley	Let angels above and saints here below (1770)	Sacred		4
New-Hingham	William Billings	Death, O the awful sound	Sacred		4
Cambridge	Isaac Watts	Ye that delight to serve the Lord	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Marshfield		When we, our wearied limbs to rest	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Hear my prayer, O Lord, my God			Sacred	Anthems	4
Wrentham	Isaac Watts	The God of glory sends His summons forth	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Maryland	Isaac Watts	And must this body die	Sacred		4
Sharon	Isaac Watts	How glorious is our heavenly King	Sacred		4
Phoebus	Isaac Watts	Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Spain	Isaac Watts	How pleased and blest was I	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Stockbridge	3	From all that dwell below the skies	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Ashham	Isaac Watts	Thou whom my soul admires above	Sacred		4
Sunday	William Billings	Majestic God, when I descry	Sacred		4
New North	Tate and Brady	O praise the Lord with one consent	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Sing ye merrily			Sacred	Anthems	4
New South	Tate and Brady	To bless Thy chosen race	Sacred		4
Consolation	Henry Playford	He's come, let every knee be bent	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Independence	William Billings	The states, O Lord, with songs of praise	Sacred	Anthems	4
Chocksett	Isaac Watts		Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Roxbury (1778)	Tate and Brady	O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Sherburne	Isaac Watts	How pleasant 'tis to see	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4
Retrospect		Was not the day dark and gloomy	Sacred	Anthems	4
Baltimore	2	Father of mercies, thou	Sacred		4
Funeral Anthem		I heard a great voice	Sacred	Anthems	4
Columbia	William Billings	Not all the powers on earth	Sacred		4