The Psalmodist's Assistant (Abijah Forbush)
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Title: The Psalmodist's Assistant
Full Title: The Psalmodist's Assistant, Containing an Original Composition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes; Together with a Number of Favorite Pieces from Different Authors, to Which is Prefixed an Introduction to the Grounds of Music.
Editor - Compiler: Abijah Forbush
Publication date and place: 1803 by Manning and Loring in Boston, 67 pp. Second Edition 1806, 107 pp.
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| Title | Year | Composer | Lyricist | First Line | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | 1793 | Abraham Wood | Joseph Hart | Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear | Sacred | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Ashford | 1806 | Daniel Belknap | Philip Doddridge | Loud let the tuneful trumpet sound | Sacred | 3 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
| Auspicious Morn | 1806 | Samuel Babcock | Anna Barbauld | Again the Lord of life and light | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Bensalem | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Joseph Grigg | Jesus! and shall it ever be | Sacred | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
| Chelsea | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Charles Wesley | How blest is our brother, bereft | Sacred | 4 | 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) | |
| China | 1801 | Timothy Swan | Isaac Watts | Why do we mourn departing friends | Sacred | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Complaint | 1806 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Thou God of love, thou ever-blest | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Concord | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Anonymous | Adam and all his race have fell | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 886. 886 D. |
| Consolation | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Conviction | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Lord, how secure my conscience was | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Cowper | 1803 | Oliver Holden | William Cowper | Forgive the song that falls so low | Sacred | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
| Crisis | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Think of the sands run down to waste | Sacred | Anthems | 4 | |
| Crucifixion | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Alas! and did my Savior bleed | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Cyrene | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Well, if our days must fly | Sacred | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
| Dartmouth | 1806 | Daniel Belknap | Isaac Watts | Blest are the humble souls that see | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Desertion | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Joseph Hart | Deep in a cold, a joyless cell | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 2-3 | 88. 88. 88 |
| Ecstasy | 1806 | Abijah Forbush | John Fawcett | O that I could now adore him | Sacred | 3 | 87. 87. 47 | |
| Fount | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Robert Robinson | Come, thou fount of every blessing | Sacred | 4 | 87. 87. D | |
| Gospel Voice | 1806 | Oliver Holden | James Boden | Ye dying sons of men | Sacred | 2,4 | 66. 66. 88 | |
| Gratitude | 1803 | Samuel Babcock | Isaac Watts | What shall I render to my God | Sacred | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Happiness | 1806 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Lord, how secure and blest are they | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Imminence | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | O God, to whom revenge belongs | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Lexington | 1803 | Samuel Babcock | Philip Doddridge | Indulgent God! with pitying eye | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Lima | 1803 | Samuel Babcock | Isaac Watts | To God the only wise | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
| Longevity | 1806 | Abijah Forbush | 2 | Our term of life is seventy years | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Lynn | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | The voice of my Beloved sounds | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Milton | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | How far our highest praises fall | Sacred | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
| Phenomena | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Anonymous | See the noon-day clothed in darkness | Secular | 2-3 | 87. 87 | |
| Protection | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Why did the nations join to slay | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Review | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Moses Browne | When with my mind devoutly pressed | Sacred | 2,4 | 886. 886 | |
| Richmond | 1806 | Daniel Belknap | Isaac Watts | Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands | Sacred | Set pieces | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Salem | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Lord, what a feeble piece | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
| Sharon | 1803 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | Behold the Rose of Sharon here | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Tennessee | 1806 | Abijah Forbush | Isaac Watts | How shall affrighted mortals dare | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
| Welcome | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Joseph Hart | Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched | Sacred | 2,4 | 87. 87. 47 |