Composer Bio Information
Billings, William's bio information
1746 - 1800
Born: October 7, 1746, Boston, Massachusetts.
Died: September 26, 1800, Boston, Massachusetts.
Buried: Central Burying Ground, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts.
Billings was one of the first major American composers. His works include:
• The New England Psalm-Singer, 1770
• The Singing Master’s Assistant, 1778
• Music in Miniature, 1779
• The Psalm-Singer’s Amusement, 1781
• Suffolk Harmony, 1786
• The Continental Harmony (Boston, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1794)
Sources
• Hughes, pp. 314-5
• Randel, pp. 78-9
Hymns
1. Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rods
Music
1. Boston
2. Chester
3. Majesty (Billings)
Died: September 26, 1800, Boston, Massachusetts.
Buried: Central Burying Ground, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts.
Billings was one of the first major American composers. His works include:
• The New England Psalm-Singer, 1770
• The Singing Master’s Assistant, 1778
• Music in Miniature, 1779
• The Psalm-Singer’s Amusement, 1781
• Suffolk Harmony, 1786
• The Continental Harmony (Boston, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1794)
Sources
• Hughes, pp. 314-5
• Randel, pp. 78-9
Hymns
1. Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rods
Music
1. Boston
2. Chester
3. Majesty (Billings)
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Onward, Upward, Homeward 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 06:22:54pm)
- # 2 - Go, Messenger of Peace (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 05:47:54pm)
- # 3 - Ye Christian Heralds (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 05:30:49pm)
- # 4 - Ashamed Of Jesus (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 04:46:39pm)
- # 5 - Thy Light Is Come (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 02:10:59pm)
- # 6 - Open Now Thy Gates Of Beauty (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 08:49:01am)
- # 7 - Of Thy Love Some Gracious Token (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024 at 07:24:43am)
- # 8 - There Is A River We All Must Cross (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024 at 06:45:22pm)
- # 9 - When Israel, Of The Lord Beloved (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024 at 04:16:32pm)
- #10 - O God, Whose Presence Glows In All (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024 at 03:32:49pm)