Music and poetry book [WorldCat Entities]

"This collection consists of a microfilm copy of a manuscript not owneed by the Society and photographs of selected pages of that manuscript. The microfilm contains a 62-page music and poetry book kept by Susanna Heath, 1782-1783, and bound in wallpaper. The music is especially interesting because each piece is dated (composed from 1780 to 1783), and eleven of the twenty-eight pieces were written by William Billings (1746-1800) of Boston, Mass., yet only three of the twenty-four sacred pieces had appeared in print before this book was written. Fourteen of the twenty-four sacred pieces were never published. Apparently, "Sukey" Heath secured manuscript copies, possibly from Billings himself (she may have been a singing student of Billings). Heath actually composed one tune, titled "Moriston.""