Hymns, fuging-tunes, anthems, folk-hymns, and holiday music, principally for unaccompanied choruses.
"The 51 pieces printed in the present collection are based upon American sources dating from 1775-1820."
Forms part of: David Lewis Crosby Collection.
Introduction -- Ode on music / Oliver Holden -- Northfield / Jeremiah Ingalls -- Canaan ; Lonsdale / Anonymous -- New Canaan / Oliver Holden -- Windsor / J. West -- Decay / Stephen Jenks -- Evening Hymn / Elisha West -- Three anthems from The song of Solomon: I am come into my garden ; I charge you, o ye daughters of Jerusalem ; I am the rose of Sharon / William Billings -- Sorrow's tear ; Killingly ; Weeping nature / Stephen Jenks -- Bunker Hill / Andrew Law [?] -- Despondency / Walter Janes -- Funeral hymn / Oliver Holden -- Newport / Daniel Read -- Brevity ; Wallpole / Abraham Wood -- Fidelia / Lewer -- Babylonian captivity / Elkanah Kelsay Dare -- Lamentation / Anonymous -- Sandusky / Samuel Holyoke -- Judgment anthem / Justin Morgan -- Columbia ; Lamentation / Jeremiah Ingalls -- Death, like an overflowing stream : four settings: Power / White ; Amanda / Justin Morgan ; Mortality / Daniel Read ; Exit / P. Sherman -- Washington ; Spring Hill ; Concert / Anonymous -- Communion / Robison -- Animation / Anonymous -- Rockbridge / Lucius Chapin -- Fiducia / Robison -- Messiah / Anonymous -- Triumph / Anonymous -- Honor to the hills ; Complainer / Jeremiah Ingalls -- Redemption anthem / Asahel Benham [?] -- Sherburne / Daniel Read -- Wilmington / Elkanah Kelsay Dare -- Christmas / Oliver Holden -- Ode for the New Year / William Selby -- Hampshire : An anthem for Good Friday / Daniel Read -- An ode for the Fourth of July / Horatio Garnet -- An anthem for Thanksgiving / William Billings -- Pilgrim's farewell / Anonymous