The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony
The Worcester Collection of Sacred Harmony
The Worcester Collection first appeared in 1786 (Worcester, Massachusetts), the work of compiler, printer, and publisher Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). The first five editions reveal no author, but the prefaces are signed by Thomas. With a total of eight editions during 1786-1803, the work became ‘by all standards the most popular tunebook of the day, and as such was a work for other collections to follow and emulate’ (Kroeger, p. xxii). Compilers and composers represented include William Billings*, Nathaniel D. Gould*, Thomas Hastings*, Oliver Holden*, Stephen Jenks*, Andrew Law*, Martin Madan*, Amos Pilsbury*, Daniel Read*, Timothy Swan*,...
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