Kentucky Harmonist (Samuel Metcalf)

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Title: Kentucky Harmonist

Full Title: Kentucky Harmonist, Being a Choice Selection of Sacred Music, from the Most Eminent and Approved Authors in That Science, For the Use of Christian Churches of Every Denomination, Singing Schools, and Private Societies, Together with an Explanation of the Rules and Principles of Composition, and Rules for Learners

Editor - Compiler: Samuel Metcalf

Publication date and place: 1818 by Morgan, Lodge, and Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. – Edition 1

Publication date and place: 1820 by Morgan, Lodge, and Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. – Edition 2

Publication date and place: 1826 by Morgan, Lodge, and Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. – Edition 4

Description:

List of works

1818	1820	Title	HTI*	First Line	Composer	Key	Vo	Meter
18a		Amanda	5362	Death, like an overflowing stream	Justin Morgan	a	4	L.M.
18b		All Saints	5859b	This life's a dream, an empty show	Alexander Gillet	c	4	L.M.
19a	18a	Amherst	3360a	Ye boundless realms of joy	William Billings	G	4	66.66.12.4.
19b	18b	Aylesbury	848b	The Lord my Shepherd is	John Chetham	a	4	S.M.
20	19	Archdale	6282a	When God revealed his gracious name	Oliver Holden	F	4	C.M.
21a	20a	Abridge	4143	When all thy mercies, O my God	Isaac Smith	E♭	4	C.M.
21b	20b	Brookfield	3370	Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive	William Billings	d	4	L.M.
	21b	Colchester	1393a	Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear	William Tansur	D	4	C.M.
22a		Bunker Hill	4256	Why should vain mortals tremble	Sylvanus Ripley	a	4	886.886.
	22b	Dover	3540a	Great is the Lord our God	Short and Easy Introduction	F	4	S.M.
22b	21a	Buckingham	2924a	Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail	Aaron Williams	a	4	C.M.
23a		Bourbon	14915b	Twas on that dark, that doleful night	Beauties of Harmony	a	3	L.M.
23b	22a	Cambridge	4665a	Jesus, I love thy glorious name	John Randall	C	4	C.M.
24a	23a	Cookham	2211a	Praise to God, immortal praise	Divine Musical Miscellany	G	3	77.77.
24b	23b	Canterbury	250h	Why do we mourn departing friends	William Daman	B♭	4	C.M.
25a	24a	Carmel	4946a	The Lord, how wondrous are his ways	Collection of Psalm-Tunes	D	4	L.M.
	25a	Pleyel's Hymn	5356c	So fades the lovely blooming flower	Ignaz Pleyel	B♭	4	L.M.
	25b	Pentonville	7124	To bless thy chosen race	Francis Linley	A	3	S.M.
25b		Conquering Soldier	11076d	O when shall I see Jesus	Jeremiah Ingalls	e	3	76.76.D.
26a		Chester New	16147	He dies, the friend of sinners dies	Kentucky Harmonist	a	3	L.M.
	26b	Little Marlborough	2934	Lord, what a feeble piece	Aaron Williams	a	4	S.M.
26b	26a	China	8729b	Why do we mourn departing friends	Timothy Swan	D	4	C.M.
27a	27a	Castle Street	9897	Sweet is the work, my God, my King	American Compiler	G	4	C.M.
27b	27b	Consolation	14117	Once more, my soul, the rising day	Lucius Chapin	a	4	C.M.
28a	28a	Communion	930a	Praise ye the Lord with hymns of joy	William Wheal	F	4	C.M.
28b	28b	Coleshill	271c	Lord, what is man, poor feeble man	William Daman	a	4	C.M.
29a	29a	Christmas Hymn	1681b	A virgin unspotted, the prophets foretold	William Knapp	G	3	11 11.11 11.
29b	29b	Dalston	2928	The Lord Jehovah reigns	Aaron Williams	A	4	66.86.68.
30a	30a	Devises	5978	ll raise my song	James Tucker	A	4	C.M.
30b	30b	Dunstan	3260b	Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun	Martin Madan	G	4	L.M.
	31a	Munich	4982c	Tis finished, so the Savior cried	Sacred Harmony	b	3	L.M.
31a		Dumah	8365	My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so	Thomas Shoel	g	4	C.M.
31b	31b	Damascus	8368	My God! The spring of all my joys	Thomas Shoel	E♭	4	C.M.
32	32	Enfield	4527a	Before the rosy dawn of day	Solomon Chandler	E	4	C.M.
33a	33a	Fairfield	5861	With reverence let the saints appear	Hitchcock	a	4	C.M.
33b	33b	Few Happy Matches	4911	Say, mighty love, and teach my song	Crane	A	4	886.886.
34a	34a	Fiducia	14587b	I'm not ashamed to own my Lord	J. Robertson	a	4	C.M.
34b	34b	Funeral Thought	2931a	Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound	Isaac Smith	a	4	C.M.
	35a	St. Michael's	657a	O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice	Nicholas Brady	C	4	10 10.11 11.
35a	24b	Georgia	4740	How vain are all things here below	Rudiments of Music	e	4	C.M.
	35b	Morning Hymn	2761	Awake my soul, awake my eyes	John Wainwright	C	4	L.M.
35b		Greenfields	16149a	How tedious and tasteless the hours	Kentucky Harmonist	G	2	88.88.88.
36a	36a	Hotham	2786a	Jesus, lover of my soul	Martin Madan	F	3	77.77.D.
36b	36b	Heavenly Spark	10976b	Come on, my partners in distress	Jeremiah Ingalls	d	2	886.886.
	37a	Moreton	2436	O may thy church, thy turtle dove	John Arnold	C	4	L.M.
37a		Hallelujah	14775	Come thou fount of every blessing	Wyeth's Repository Part Two	F	2	87.87.D.
	37b	Namur	750c	Blest is the man who shuns the place	The Devour Singer's Guide	G	4	C.M.
37b		Hermit	8881	Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more	Bridgewater Collection	d	2	11 11.11 11.
38a	38a	Irish	1936a	Blest morning, whose young dawning rays	Collection of Hymns	G	4	C.M.
	38b	Pembroke	4836	Praise ye the Lord, immortal choir	William Dalmer	C	4	C.M.
38b		Invitation	13555b	Come hither, all ye weary souls	Lucius Chapin	a	3	L.M.
39a	39a	Kingsbridge	2213a	Lord, thou has seen and searched me through	Divine Musical Miscellany	a	3	L.M.
	39b	York	331c	Happy the heart where graces reign	The CL Psalmes of David	G	3	C.M.
39b		Kingswood	7840	Children of the heavenly King	James Peck	A	4	77.77.
40		Lamentation	16151	The Son of manthey did betray	Kentucky Harmonist	a	3	88.86.D.
	40	Middleton Old	4074	Hail the day that saw him rise	William Billings	A	4	77.77.D.
	41a	St. Anne's	664a	My trust is in my heavenly friend	Nicholas Brady	D	4	C.M.
41a		Liberty Hall	13551c	Alas! And did my Savior bleed	Lucius Chapin	a	4	C.M.
41b	41b	Litchfield	6387	How soft the words my Savior speaks	Musical Primer	A	4	L.M.
42a		Macedonia	7245	Not from the dust afflictions grow	Oliver Holden	e	4	C.M.
	42b	Bangor	1390a	Fools in their hearts believe and say	William Tansur	d	4	C.M.
42b	42a	Mear	909b	Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands	A Set of Tunes	G	4	C.M.
43		Mountain	9458	When some kind shepherd from his fold	Oliver Holden	g	4	C.M.
	43	Moulines	8882	Jesus, I love thy glorious name	Bridgewater Collection	G	3	C.M.
44a		Morality	10014b	When beauty and youth are in their full prime	David's Harp	G	2	11 11.11 11.
44b		Monmouth	14120	Come thou fount of every blessing	Lucius Chapin	a	3	87.87.
	44	Christmas	3296c	Lo, what a glorious sight appears	Martin Madan	G	4	C.M.
45a	45a	Mount Vernon	4093a	All hail the power of Jesus' name	Gospel Magazine	C	4	C.M.
	45b	Newmark	7063	Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove	Amos Bull	G	4	C.M.
45b		New Canaan	14785	On Jordan's stormy bank I stand	Ananias Davisson	C	3	C.M.
46a	46a	Ninety-Third	10990b	Come all harmonious tongues	Jeremiah Ingalls	C	4	S.M.
	46b	Putney	2940a	Remember, Lord, our mortal state	Isaac Smith	a	4	L.M.
46b		New Salem	14766b	O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight	Wyeth's Repository Part Two	F	3	11 8.11 8.
47a	47a	Old Hundred	143a	With one consent let all the earth	Louis Bourgeois	A	4	L.M.
47b	47b	Paris	4121	This spacious earth is all the Lord's	William Billings	A	4	L.M.
48a	48a	Peckham	4158a	Behold the morning sun	Isaac Smith	D	4	S.M.
48b	48b	Portugal	3965a	Lord, when thou didst ascend on high	Thomas Thorley	A	3	L.M.
49	49	Pleyel's Hymn Second	8465a	While thee I seek, protecting power	Ignaz Pleyel	F	4	L.M.
50a	50a	Poland	4532a	God of my life, look gently down	Timothy Swan	c#	4	C.M.
50b	50b	Quercy	1434a	With all my powers of heart and tongue	William Tansur	G	3	L.M.
51a	51a	Rochester	967a	Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear	Israel Holdroyd	A	4	C.M.
51b	51b	Rockbridge	14121	Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone	Lucius Chapin	C	4	L.M.
52a	52a	Rockingham	14593	My God, what endless pleasures dwell	Lucius Chapin	A	4	C.M.
52b	52b	Silver Street	4091a	Come sound his name abroad	Isaac Smith	C	4	S.M.
53a	53a	Suffield	4141	Teach me the measure of my days	A. King	e	4	C.M.
	53b	New York	2042b	Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray	William Tansur	F	4	C.M.
53b		Sophronia	4426a	Forbear, my friends, forbear, and ask no more	A. King	d	4	10 8.10 8.
	54a	Sutton	2223a	Maker and sovereign Lord	Divine Musical Miscellany	F	4	S.M.
	54b	Turin	3294a	Son of God, thy blessing grant	Felice Giardini	F	3	77.77.
54		St. Lawrence	8887	Rejoice, the Lord is King	Bartholomew Brown	G	3	66.66.88.
55		Springfield	4140a	Jesus drinks the bitter cup	Samuel Babcock	b	4	76.76.D.
	55	Finedon	5911	Blessed are the sons of God	Charles Lockhart	G	3	77.77.77.
	56a	Bath	758	Life is the time to serve the Lord	A Book of Psalm-Tunes	G	4	L.M.
56a		Salvation	15430	O joyful sound of gospel grace	Robert Boyd	e	4	C.M.
	56b	Sicilian Mariners	6141k	O turn, great Ruler of the skies	Traditional	F	3	L.M.
56b		Silver Spring	5380	Were I in heaven without my God	Justin Morgan	e	4	C.M.
57a	57a	St. Thomas	2933b	Shall wisdom cry aloud	Aaron Williams	A	4	S.M.
57b	57b	Sicily	4443	Jesus, with all thy saints above	Thomas Arne	G	4	C.M.
58a		Triumph	8063	Begone unbelief, for my Savior is near	Alexander Hamilton	A	3	10 10.11 11.
58b		The Indian Philosopher	8879a	Why should our joys transform to pain	Bridgewater Collection	D	4	886.886.
	58	Walworth	2739b	The Lord, the Sovereign, sends his summons forth	John Arnold	D	3	10 10.11 11.
59a	59a	Thirtieth	14590	And am I born to die	Amzi Chapin	G	4	S.M.
59b	59b	Twenty-Fourth	14122	Salvation! O the joyful sound	Amzi Chapin	A	4	C.M.
60	60	Tilden	8875	This life's a dream, an empty show	Bartholomew Brown	D	4	L.M.
61a	61a	Tribulation	14594	Lord, what a wretched land is this	Lucius Chapin	d	4	C.M.
	61b	French	327a	The holy triumphs of my soul	The CL Psalmes of David	F	4	C.M.
61b		Unitia	14118	O tell me no more	Lucius Chapin	G	4	55.65.D.
62a	62a	Vernon	10998c	Come, O thou traveler unknown	Jeremiah Ingalls	e	4	L.M.
62b	62b	Warren	9038	Let all our tongues be one	Isaac Lane	A	4	S.M.
63a	63a	Winchester	1664d	My refuge is the God of love	A Collection of Tunes	C	4	L.M.
63b	63b	Winter	4629	His hoary frost, his fleecy snow	Daniel Read	F	4	C.M.
64a	64a	Windham	4628	Broad is the road that leads to death	Daniel Read	f	4	L.M.
64b	64b	Wells	975a	Life is the time to serve the Lord	Israel Holdroyd	F	4	L.M.
	65	Charleston	9927	I'll praise my Maker with my breath	Musical Primer	G	4	L.M.
	66a	Berea	5314b	Grace! How melodious is the sound	Psalmodia Evangelica	B♭	4	C.M.
	66b	Evening Hymn	246f	Glory to thee, my God, this night	Thomas Tallis	G	4	L.M.
67a	67a	America	7473	Our days are as the grass	Truman Wetmore	a	4	S.M.
67b	67b	Amity	4588	How pleased and blest was I	Daniel Read	A	4	668.668.
68		All Saints New	5587c	O! If my Lord would come and meet	Amariah Hall	c	4	L.M.
	68	Newport	2264	God of my life, whose bounteous care	Harmonia Sacra	D	4	C.M.
	69a	London New	497h	Let ever tongue thy goodness speak	The Psalmes of David in Prose	D	4	C.M.
	69b	St. Martins	1929	O thou to whom all creatures bow	William Tansur	A	4	C.M.
69		Bridgewater	4274	From all who dwell below the skies	Lewis Edson	C	4	L.M.
70		Bristol	4526	Sweet is the work, my God, my King	Timothy Swan	F	4	L.M.
	70	German	2971	O come, thou wounded Lamb of God	Lock Hospital Collection	d	3	L.M.
71a	71a	Babylonian Captivity	14760	Along the banks where Babel's current flows	Elkanah Dare	f#	4	10 10.10 10.
71b	71b	Bridgetown	14762	Grace! 'tis a charming sound	Elkanah Dare	G	4	S.M.
72		Ballstown	12947	Great God! Attend while Sion sings	Nehemiah Shumway	F	4	L.M.
	72	Tamworth	5916a	Guide me, O thou great Jehovah	Charles Lockhart	F	3	87.87.
	73a	Germany	5698a	Sing to the Lord aloud	George Handel	B♭	3	S.M.
73a		Canaan	8587	Unite, my roving thoughts, unite	Lewis Edson	G	4	C.M.
73b	73b	Concord	6287	The hill of Zion yields	Oliver Holden	C	4	S.M.
74		Content	9855	Since God is all my trust	Walter Janes	a	4	S.M.
	74	Nantwich	3280a	Thus saith the high and holy one	Martin Madan	B♭	3	L.M.
75	75	David's Lamentation		David the king was grieved and moved	William Billings	a	4	Anthem
76	76	Delight	7483	No burning heats by day	Simeon Coan	e	4	66.66.88.
77a		Dauphin	6167a	For life without thy love	Jacob French	a	4	S.M.
77b	77b	Evening Shade	11090	The day is past and gone	Stephen Jenks	e	3	S.M.
78		Eastford	5138	When marching to thy blest above	Jacob French	F	4	L.M.
	78	Carthage	4092	There is a fountain filled with blood	Gospel Magazine	E♭	3	C.M.
	79a	Brewer	8182	Thou whom my soul admires above	John Hall	F	4	L.M.
79	79b	Florida	9903a	Let sinners take their course	Truman Wetmore	d	4	S.M.
80	80	Exhortation	8108a	Now in the heat of youthful blood	Eliakim Doolittle	a	4	L.M.
81	81	Greenfield	4278a	God is our refuge in distress	Lewis Edson	a	4	88.88.88.
	82a	Orleans	2255c	All ye that pass by	Harmonia Sacra	a	4	55.65.
	82b	Armley	920c	Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay	Georg Neumark	a	4	L.M.
82		Greenwich	4741	Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I	Daniel Read	e	4	L.M.
	83a	Mansfield	3832	The darkness and the light	Edward Harwood	E	4	S.M.
	83b	Amsterdam	1648c	Rise thy soul and stretch thy wings	Johann Hille	G	4	76.76.D.
83		Huntington	5372a	Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I	Justin Morgan	A	4	L.M.
84	84	Jordan	4690a	There is a land of pure delight	William Billings	A	4	C.M.
	85a	Coventry	2934	Lord, what a feeble piece	Aaron Williams	a	4	S.M.
85a		Lenox	4280	Blow ye the trumpet, blow	Lewis Edson	C	4	66.66.88.
85b	85b	Liberty	8114	No more beneath the oppressive hand	Stephen Jenks	F	3	C.M.
86	86	Majesty	4014	The Lord descended from above	William Billings	F	4	C.M.
87		Montgomery	5375	Early, my God, without delay	Justin Morgan	C	4	C.M.
	87	Ashley	3662a	To our Redeemer's glorious name	Gospel Magazine	G	4	C.M.
88	88	Mortality	7198	Stoop down, my thoughts, that used to rise	Smith	e	4	C.M.
	89a	Easton	751a	That awful day will surely come	James Green	a	4	C.M.
89a		Melody	8529	Sweet is the memory of thy grace	Lewis Edson	A	3	C.M.
89b	89b	North Salem	7801	My soul, come meditate the day	Stephen Jenks	e	3	C.M.
90	90	New Jerusalem	7206a	From the third heaven where God resides	Jeremiah Ingalls	G	4	C.M.
91	91	Newburgh	7656	Let every creature join	Amos Munson	C	4	S.M.
	92a	Surry	1034b	O come, loud anthems let us sing	Henry Carey	G	4	L.M.
92a		Norwich	4138a	My sorrows, like a flood	Oliver Brownson	a	4	S.M.
92b	92b	Ninety-Fifth	14592	When I can read my title clear	Lucius Chapin	A	4	C.M.
	93a	Arlington	4443	Jesus, with al thy saints above	Thomas Arne	G	4	C.M.
93a		New Durham	10187b	Hark! From the tombs a doleful sound	B. Austin	b	4	C.M.
93b	93b	Northfield	7998a	How long, dear Savior, O how long	Jeremiah Ingalls	C	4	C.M.
94	94	Ocean	5013a	Thy works of glory, mighty Lord	Timothy Swan	F	4	C.M.
95		Ode on Science		The morning sun shines from the east		G	3	Anthem
	95	Lonsdale	4973	The hill of Zion yields	Arcangelo Corelli	C	4	S.M.
97	96	Portuguese Hymn	6979c	Hither, ye faithful, haste with songs of triumph	John Wade	A	3	11 11.11 11.
98	97	Repentance	7233	O, if my soul were formed for woe	John Rollo	f#	4	C.M.
99a	98a	Russia	4789	False are the men of high degree	Daniel Read	a	4	L.M.
99b	98b	Sutton	6186	Save me, O God, the swelling floods	Ezra Goff	f#	3	C.M.
100		Southwell	4790	Tis finished, the Redeemer said	Elihu Carpenter	E	4	886.886.
102	99	Sherburn	4622a	Songs of immortal praise belong	Daniel Read	D	4	C.M.
	102	Cheshunt		Our Lord is risen from the dead		D	3	L.M.
103	100	Symphony	5382	Behold the judge descends, his guards are nigh	Justin Morgan	E♭	4	10 10.11 11.
104a	101a	Williamstown	4647a	Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive	Beauties of Psalmody	a	4	L.M.
104b	101b	Whitestown	995e	Awake my heart, arise my tongue	Nikolaus Herman	G	4	C.M.
105	108	Denmark	3257a	Before Jehovah's awful throne	Martin Madan	D	3	L.M.
108	111	Easter Anthem		The Lord is risen indeed	William Billings	A	4	Anthem
111	114	Judgment Anthem		Hark ye mortals, hear the trumpet		e	4	Anthem
119	124	Kedron	8222	Thou sweet sliding Kedron, by thy silver stream	William Miller	F	3	11 11.11 11.
121	125	New York Anthem		Vital spark of heavenly flame		G	3	Anthem
125	128	Washington	8235	Our souls, by love together knit	William Miller	G	4	C.M.