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, 200 pp. Second Edition 1788, 213 pp. Third Edition 1791 by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 143 pp. Fourth Edition 1792-1793 by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 151 pp. Fifth Edition 1794 by Thomas and Andrews in Boston, 155 pp. Sixth Edition 1797, 142 pp. Seventh Edition 1800, 143 pp. Eighth Edition 1803, 197 pp.

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

Works at CPDL

Alpha |- |Alpha |align=right| |Oliver Holden |James Hervey |When faith presents the Savior's death | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Berwick |- |Berwick |align=right| |Jacob French |Tate and Brady |Speak, O ye judges of the earth | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Contrast |- |Contrast |align=right| |Oliver Holden |Isaac Watts |This life's a dream, an empty show |Psalm-tunes |align=right|4 |88. 88 (L.M.) Danbury |- |Danbury |align=right| |Joseph Stone |Isaac Watts |Alas, the brittle clay | |align=right|4 |66. 86 (S.M.) Essex |- |Essex |align=right| |Oliver Holden |Isaac Watts |Go, worship at Immanuel's feet | |align=right|4 |88. 88 (L.M.) Hadley |- |Hadley |align=right| |Joseph Stone |Isaac Watts |That awful day will surely come | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Hail Thou King of saints |- |Hail Thou King of saints |align=right| |Supply Belcher | | |Anthems |align=right|4 | Hark! She bids all her friends adieu |- |Hark! She bids all her friends adieu |align=right| |Oliver Holden |Isaac Watts | |Anthems |align=right|3 |88. 88. 88. 88. 88. 88 The Heavenly Vision |- |The Heavenly Vision |align=right| |Jacob French | |I beheld and lo! a great multitude |Anthems |align=right|4 | I will praise Thee, O Lord my God |- |I will praise Thee, O Lord my God |align=right| |Oliver Holden | | |Anthems |align=right|4 | Lena |- |Lena |align=right| |Daniel Belknap |Joseph Hart |See the Lord of glory dying | |align=right|4 |887. 887 Mount Tabor |- |Mount Tabor |align=right| |Oliver Holden |George Richards |As Jesus stood on Tabor's mound | |align=right|4 |668. 668 New Canaan |- |New Canaan |align=right| |Oliver Holden |Isaac Watts |The Lord Jehovah reigns |Psalm-tunes |align=right|4 |668. 668 Pepperell |- |Pepperell |align=right| |Abraham Wood |Tate and Brady |As pants the hart for cooling streams | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Pittston |- |Pittston |align=right| |Supply Belcher |Isaac Watts |Now may my head be lifted high | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Stratfield |- |Stratfield |align=right| |Ezra Goff |Isaac Watts |Through every age, eternal God | |align=right|4 |88. 88 (L.M.) Topsham |- |Topsham |align=right| |Supply Belcher |Isaac Watts |Dearest of all the names above | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Walpole |- |Walpole |align=right| |Abraham Wood |Isaac Watts |O, if my soul was formed for woe | |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Westfield |- |Westfield |align=right| |Elias Mann |Isaac Watts |Now shall my inward joys arise |Set pieces |align=right|4 |86. 86 (C.M.) Westford |- |Westford |align=right| |Samuel Holyoke |Isaac Watts | | |align=right|3 |66. 66. 88