General Information
Title: The Worcester Collection
Full Title: Laus Deo! The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony.
Editor – Compiler: Isaiah Thomas, Editions 1–5 (1786–1794); Oliver Holden, Editions 6–8 (1797–1803)
Publications using VolumesEditions
- 1 – Published 1786 – First Edition by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester, Massachusetts, 200 pp.
- 2 – Published 1788 – Second Edition, 213 pp.
- 3 – Published 1791 – Third Edition by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 143 pp.
- 4 – Published 1792 – Fourth Edition by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 151 pp.
- 5 – Published 1794 – Fifth Edition by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 155 pp.
- 6 – Published 1797 – Sixth Edition, 142 pp.
- 7 – Published 1800 – Seventh Edition, 143 pp.
- 8 – Published 1803 – Eighth Edition, 197 pp.
Description: A compilation of sacred music for a cappella singing in three or four parts, by various composers.
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Edition 1 (1786)
| Title
|
Year
|
Composer
|
Lyricist
|
First Line
|
Subgenre
|
Vo.
|
Meter
|
| Berwick
|
1786
|
Jacob French
|
Tate and Brady
|
Speak, O ye judges of the earth
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
| Danbury
|
1786
|
Joseph Stone
|
Isaac Watts
|
Alas, the brittle clay
|
|
4
|
66. 86 (S.M.)
|
| Hadley
|
1786
|
Joseph Stone
|
Isaac Watts
|
That awful day will surely come
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
| Pepperell
|
1786
|
Abraham Wood
|
Tate and Brady
|
As pants the hart for cooling streams
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
| Stratfield
|
1786
|
Ezra Goff
|
Isaac Watts
|
Through every age, eternal God
|
|
4
|
88. 88 (L.M.)
|
| The Heavenly Vision
|
1786
|
Jacob French
|
|
I beheld and lo! a great multitude
|
Anthems
|
4
|
|
| Walpole
|
1786
|
Abraham Wood
|
Isaac Watts
|
O, if my soul was formed for woe
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
Edition 3 (1791)
| Title
|
Year
|
Composer
|
Lyricist
|
First Line
|
Subgenre
|
Vo.
|
Meter
|
| Westford
|
1791
|
Samuel Holyoke
|
Isaac Watts
|
|
|
3
|
66. 66. 88
|
Edition 4 (1792)
| Title
|
Year
|
Composer
|
Lyricist
|
First Line
|
Subgenre
|
Vo.
|
Meter
|
| Alpha
|
1792
|
Oliver Holden
|
James Hervey
|
When faith presents the Savior's death
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
| Mount Tabor
|
1792
|
Oliver Holden
|
George Richards
|
As Jesus stood on Tabor's mound
|
|
4
|
668. 668
|
| New Canaan
|
1792
|
Oliver Holden
|
Isaac Watts
|
The Lord Jehovah reigns
|
Psalm-tunes
|
4
|
668. 668
|
| Westfield
|
1792
|
Elias Mann
|
Isaac Watts
|
Now shall my inward joys arise
|
Set pieces
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
Edition 5 (1794)
| Title
|
Year
|
Composer
|
Lyricist
|
First Line
|
Subgenre
|
Vo.
|
Meter
|
| Lena
|
1794
|
Daniel Belknap
|
Joseph Hart
|
See the Lord of glory dying
|
|
4
|
887. 887
|
Edition 6 (1797)
| Title
|
Year
|
Composer
|
Lyricist
|
First Line
|
Subgenre
|
Vo.
|
Meter
|
| Alpha
|
1792
|
Oliver Holden
|
James Hervey
|
When faith presents the Savior's death
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
| Contrast
|
1797
|
Oliver Holden
|
Isaac Watts
|
This life's a dream, an empty show
|
Psalm-tunes
|
4
|
88. 88 (L.M.)
|
| Essex
|
1797
|
Oliver Holden
|
Isaac Watts
|
Go, worship at Immanuel's feet
|
|
4
|
88. 88 (L.M.)
|
| Hail Thou King of saints
|
1797
|
Supply Belcher
|
|
|
Anthems
|
4
|
|
| Hark! She bids all her friends adieu
|
1797
|
Oliver Holden
|
Isaac Watts
|
|
Anthems
|
3
|
88. 88. 88. 88. 88. 88
|
| I will praise Thee, O Lord my God
|
1797
|
Oliver Holden
|
|
|
Anthems
|
4
|
|
| Pittston
|
1797
|
Supply Belcher
|
Isaac Watts
|
Now may my head be lifted high
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
| Topsham
|
1797
|
Supply Belcher
|
Isaac Watts
|
Dearest of all the names above
|
|
4
|
86. 86 (C.M.)
|
