The Worcester Collection

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)

Publication date and place: 1786 by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Publications using VolumesEditions

First Edition by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester, Massachusetts, 200 pp. – Published 1786 – 1788

1791 – Published Second Edition, 213 pp. – Third Edition by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 143 pp.

Fourth Edition by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 151 pp. – Published 1792 – 1794

1797 – Published Fifth Edition by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 155 pp. – Sixth Edition, 142 pp.

Seventh Edition, 143 pp. – Published 1800 – 1803

6 – Published Eighth Edition, 197 pp. – {{{20}}}

Description: A compilation of sacred music for a cappella singing in three or four parts, by various composers.