1. Pilgrims: Arrival in the New World/Psalm 8 -- Ainsworth Psalter
2. Pilgrims: Thanksgiving/ Psalm 100 -- Ainsworth Psalter
3. Puritans: Psalm 23 -- Bay Psalm Book
4. Puritans: 100th Psalm New -- Rev. John Tufts, 1720s (first American tune?)
5. Two Texts/Same Tune: British Grenadiers & Free America (ca. 1770)Pirate Ballad: Captain Kidd
6. Broadside Text and Popular Tune: Father and I went down to camp -- words: Edward Bangs, 1776/
tune: YANKEE DOODLE, arranged by William A. Fisher
7. Broadside Ballad: The 'Vention Did In Boston Meet (Yankee Song)--
tune: YANKEE DOODLE,1788, arranged by Roger Hall
8. Same Tune/ Two Different Texts: Chester -- words and music by William Billings, 1778/ music by William Billings, 1786
9. Fuging Tune: The Bird -- William Billings, 1790
10. Anthem For Thanksgiving -- William Billings, 1794
11. Hymn Tune: Coronation -- Oliver Holden, 1793
12. Fuging Tune: Victory -- Daniel Read, 1793
13. Fuging Tune: New Jerusalem -- Jeremiah Ingalls, 1796
14. Christmas Carol: New Bethlehem -- Edward French, 1799
15. Patriotic Song: My Country 'Tis Of Thee -- words: Samuel F. Smith, 1831
16. Narragansett Indian Hymn -- Thomas Cummock, 1845
17 .Shaker Dance Song:
Simple Gifts -- Elder Joseph Brackett Jr., 1848/
edited by Roger Hall
18. Shaker Anthem: Millennial Praise -- Elder James G. Russell, 1883
19. Song of the Old Folks --words: Albert Laighton, 1855/tune: Auld Lang Syne
20.
Two Texts/ Same Tune: John Brown, 1861; and
Battle Hymn Of The Republic -- Julia Ward Howe, 1862/tune: Glory, Hallelujah
21. National Peace Jubilee in Boston: Hymn of Peace --
words: Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1869/ tune: American Hymn by Matthias Keller
22. World's Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival in Boston:
Peace And Music -- Dudley Buck, 1872
23. Temperance Song: Sons And Daughters Of The Pilgrims, 1870s
24. Cantata Aria: How Beautiful Upon The Mountains -- Edwin A. Jones, 1881
25. Prayer of Thanksgiving: We Gather Together -- English translation, 1894
27. Christmas: Chorale from NOEL -- music by George W. Chadwick, 1909
28. Song: The Collection -- music by Charles E. Ives, 1920
29. Commemorative Hymn: O, Boston! -- tune: Psalm 100, arranged by Roger Hall in 1980 for Boston's 350th birthday -- FIRST PERFORMANCE
30. Anti-War Song: Peace -- words: Esther Talbot, 1814/music: Roger Hall, 1981--
FIRST PERFORMANCE
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Read about the best known Shaker song at this link:
Joseph Brackett's "Simple Gifts"