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Billings, William
composer
born: 07 Oct 1746 |
Boston, Massachusetts / state, USA |
Source: 1,2 |
died: 26 Sep 1800 |
Boston, Massachusetts / state, USA |
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died: 29 Sep 1800 |
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died: 28 Sep 1800 |
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Baltimore, Maryland / state, USA |
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Music, David W.
Hymnology : a collection of source readings
By David W. Music
Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 233 p.
      (Series: Studies in Liturgical Musicology; 4)
Devenney, David P.
Source readings in American choral music
College Music Society, 1995, 258 p.
Crawford, Richard
The American musical landscape
Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1993
William Tansur's influence on William Billings
Inter-American Music Review, 11-2, 1991, p. 1-12
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Poultney, David
Dictionary of western church music
By David Poultny
Chicago: American Library Association, 1991, 234 p.
Cooke, Nym
William Billings in the District of Maine, 1780
American Music, 09-3, 1991, p. 243-259
Schroeder, Artur
"Wilks", "No. 45", and Mr. Billings
American Music, 07-4, 1989, p. 430-447
Devenney, David P.
Early American choral music : an annotated guide
By David P. DeVenney
Berkeley, California: Fallen Leaf Press, 1988, 149 p.
Kroeger, Karl
Word Painting in the Music of William Billings
American Music, 06-1, 1988, p. 41-64
McKenzie, Wallace Chessley Jr.
Anthems of the Sacred Harp Tunesmiths.
American Music 6/3 (Fall 1988): 247-63.
Daniels, Rose Dwiggins
William Billings : Teacher, Innovator, Patriot.
Music Educators Journal 74/9 (May 1988): 22-25.
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Index
p. 1169-1193 In:
Music in colonial Massachusetts 1630-1820 II : music in homes and in churches
Conference held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, May 17 and 18, 1973
Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts., 1985, 2 v.
Number of People : 1,134
The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 63 vols.
With supplentary index (1984)
Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
Number of People : 525
Andrews, P.
Rodd, S.
Pioneers of American Music.
Keyboard Classics 4/4 (1984): 6-7.
Hall, Roger L.
William Billings of Boston.
Journal of Church Music 25/5 (May 1983): 2-4.
Index
p. 313-343 In:
Keefer, Lubov Breit
Baltimore's music
The haven of the American composer
Number of People : 3,293
Kroeger, Karl
William Billings's music in manuscript copy and some notes on variant versions of his pieces.
Notes. 39 (1982/83), S. 316-345.
       Mit 7 Tab. u. 8 Notenbeisp.
Gleason, Harold
Early American music : music in America from 1620 to 1920
Bloomington, Indiana: Frangipani Press, 1981
      (Series: Music Literature Outlines: Series III)
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Anderson, Gillian B.
Eighteenth-Century Evaluations of William Billings
A Reappraisal.
Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 35/1 (January 1978): 48-58.
Sallee, James
A history of evangelistic hymnody
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1978
Lowens, Irving
[Review]
Journal of the American Musicological Society. 30 (1977), S. 328-333.
Lowens, Irving
[Review]
Journal of the American Musicological Society. 30 (1977), S. 328-333.
Grye, Stephen M.
Explicating William Billings's Jargon.
In Theory Only, 3 (April 1977): 22-28.
       musical examples
       Note: Background and analysis. Advanced.
Dickinson, Peter
[Review]
Music and Letters. 58 (1977), S. 87-88.
Anderson, Gillian H.
The Funeral of Samuel Cooper.
New England Quarterly 50/4 (December 1977): 644-59.
Nathan, Hans
William Billings : the Continental Harmony (1794)
American Choral Review, 18, no. 4 (1976): 27-36.
       musical examples
       Note: Background, analysis, critical commentary.
Resch, Rita Marje
Carman, Judith E.
Gaeddert, William Kenneth
Art-song in the United States 1801-1976
An annotated bibliography
By Judith E. Carman, William K. Gaeddert, Rita M. Resch
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc., 1976, 308 p.
Nathan, Hans
William Billings, data and documents.
Detroit: Publ. for the College Music Society by Information Coordinators 1976. 69 S.
       Mit Ill., Faks. u. Noten.
      (Series: Bibliographies in American Music; 2)
Nathan, Hans
William Billings, data and documents.
Detroit: Publ. for the College Music Society by Information Coordinators 1976. 69 S.
       Mit Ill., Faks. u. Noten.
      (Series: Bibliographies in American Music; 2)
Lindsley, Charles Edward
[Review]
The Musical Quarterly. 62 (1976), S. 278-282.
Nathan, Hans
William Billings : Data and Documents
Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1976. 69 p.
Crawford, Richard
MacKay, David Phares
William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.
Princeton, London: Princeton Univ. Press 1975. XII, 303 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Notenbeisp.
Crawford, Richard
MacKay, David Phares
William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.
Chase, Gilbert
Billings of Boston
Music: The A.G.O. / R.C.C.O. Magazine, 9/9, 1975, p. 30-31
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Chase, Gilbert
Billings of Boston.
Music: The A.G.O./R.C.C.O. Magazine 9/9 (1975): 30-31.
Crawford, Richard
McKay, David P.
William Billings of Boston : Eighteenth-Century Composer
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975. xii, 303 p.
       Note: The principal biography of Billings
MacKay, David Phares
Crawford, Richard
William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.
Princeton, London: Princeton Univ. Press 1975. XII, 303 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Notenbeisp.
MacKay, David Phares
Crawford, Richard
William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.
Princeton, London: Princeton Univ. Press 1975. XII, 303 S.
       Mit Ill. u. Notenbeisp.
Wienandt, Elwyn A.
Opinions on church music
Waco, Texas: Markham Press Fund of Baylor University Press, 1974
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
McKay, David P.
William Billings and the colonial music "Patent"
Old-Time New England, 63, 1973, p. 100-07
Crawford, Richard
McKay, David P.
The performance of William Billings music.
Journal of Research in Music Education. 21 (1973), S. 318-330.
       Mit 1 Tab.
Krueger, Karl
The musical heritage of the United States
The unknown portion
New York: Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, 1973, 237 p.
McKay, David P.
William Billings and the Colonial Music "Patent"
Old-Time New England 63 (1973): 100-07.
       Note: Pertains to Billings' attempt to secure copyright protection.
Nathan, Hans
William Billings : a bibliography.
Notes. 29 (1972/73), S. 658-669.
       Mit Notenbeisp.
A list of works performed at the American Composers' Concerts and Festivals 1925-71
p. 9 In:
American Composers' Concerts and Festivals of American Music 1925-71; cumulative repertoire
Institute of American Music of the University of Rochester
Rochester, NY: 1972, 75 p.
Ewen, David
Great men of American popular song
Revised and enlarged edition
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972
Lingg, Ann M.
The Musical Tanner.
Opera News 34/16 (14 February 1970): 27-28.
Lingg, Ann M.
The musical tanner
Opera News, 34/16, 1970, p. 26-28
Biographical sketches
p. 293 In:
Hixon, D.L.
Music in early America
A bibliography of music in Evans
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970, 607 p.
Ewen, David
Great men of American popular song
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970
[William Billings]
Opera News, Feb 14, 1970, p. 27
Ferris, William R. Jr
William Billings : the Musical Tanner
Keystone Folklore Quarterly 12/4 (Winter 1967): 261-78.
Ferris, William R. Jr.
William Billings, the Musical Tanner
Keystone Folklore Quarterly, 12, 1967, p. 261-79
Bellows, George Kent
Howard, John Tasker
A short history of music in America
By John Tasker Howard and George Kent Bellows
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967, 496 p.
Daniel, Ralph T.
The anthem in New England before 1800
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1966
Chase, Gilbert
The American composer speaks.
A historical anthology, 1770-1965
Edited by Gilbert Chase
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1966, 318 p.
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
William Billings and the Yankee Tunesmiths
HiFi/Stereo Review, 16/2, 1966, p. 55-56
Chase, Gilbert
The American composer speaks.
A historical anthology, 1770-1965
Edited by Gilbert Chase
New Orleans: Louisiana State University Press, 1966, 318 p.
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
William Billings and the Yankee Tunesmiths.
HiFi/Stereo Review 16/2 (1966): 55-65.
Mangler, Joyce Ellen
Rhode island music and musicians
Detroit: Information Service Inc., 1965
      (Series: Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography; 7)
Johnson, Carl
From Tanner to Tunesmith
Music Ministry, 4/11, 1963, p. 13-14, 36
Johnson, Carl
From Tanner to Tunesmith.
Music Ministry 4/11 (1963): 13-14, 36.
Ewen, David
Popular American composers : From revolutionary times to the present.
A biographical and critical guide
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1962
Wunderlich, Charles Edward
A history and bibliography of early American musical periodicals, 1782-1852
By Charles Edward Wunderlich
       Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Michigan
Number of People : 1,087
Ellsworth, Ray
William Billings and Early American Music : Rush on Ye Sons of Harmony!
Sing Out 10/4 (1960-61): 24-26.
Barbour, J. Murray
The Church Music of William Billings.
Ellsworth, Ray
William Billings and Early American Music : Rush on Ye Sons of Harmony
Sing Out, 10/4, 1960-61, p. 24-26
Barbour, J. Murray
The Church Music of William Billings
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1960, 167 p.
       musical examples
Barbour, J. Murray
The Church Music of William Billings
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1960.
      Reprint:
New York: Da Capo Press, 1972. xvi, 167 p.
Barbour, J. Murray
The church music of William Billings.
East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State Univ. Press 1960. XVI, 167 S. A p.
       Note: Alphabetical index of Billings' Psalm tunes, Index of Billings' anthems by texts.
Eitner, Robert
Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten
Christlicher Zeitrechnung bis Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlaganstalt, 1959
Number of People : 26,838
Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.
Number of People : 649
Daniel, Oliver
America's First Troubadour
Music Clubs Magazine, 32/3, 1953, p. 8, 28
Daniel, Oliver
America's First Troubadour.
Music Clubs Magazine 32/3 (January 1953): 8, 28.
Garrett, Allen McCain
The Works of William Billings.
North Carolina. 1952. Ph.D. 177p.
Daniel, Oliver
Journeyman composers of New England
Musical America, 70/3, 1950, p. 110-11
Daniel, Oliver
Journeyman Composers of New England.
Musical America 70/3 (February 1950): 110-11, 222, 248.
Morin, Raymond
William Billings : Pioneer in American music
New England Quarterly, 14, 1941, p. 25-33
Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.
Number of People : 10,576
Morin, Raymond
William Billings : Pioneer in American Music.
New England Quarterly 14/1 (March 1941): 25-33.
Andreis, Josip
Zlatic, Slavko
MacDougall, Hamilton C.
Kunc, Karla (translator)
Early New England psalmody.
An historical appreciation 1620-1820
By Hamilton C. MacDougall, Doctor of Music, Brown University ...
Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, [c1940]
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940
Number of People : 6,835
Gamet, Vera
Billings Best
Etude 57 (1939): 777-78, 816.
Gamet, Vera
Billings Best
Etude Music Magazine, 57, 1939, p. 777-78, 816
Lindstrom, Carl E.
William Billings and his times.
Musical Quarterly 25, 479-97.
Lindstrom, Carl E.
William Billings and his times
Musical Quarterly 25/4 (October 1939): 479-97.
Lindstrom, Carl E.
William Billings and his times
Musical Quarterly, 25, 1939, p. 479-97
Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.
Number of People : 11,317
Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.
Number of People : 17,230
Ellinwood, Leonard Webster
The history of American church music
New York: Morehouse-Gorham, 1935, 274 p.
Goldberg, Isaac
The First American Musician.
American Mercury 14/53 (May 1928): 67-75.
Goldberg, Isaac
The first American musician
American Mercury, 14, 1928, p. 67-75
Metcalf, Frank Johnson
American writers and compilers of sacred music
New York: Russell & Russell, 1925, 373 p.
Boyd, Charles N.
Pratt, Waldo Selden
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...
Edited by Waldo S. Pratt. Associate editor: Charles N. Boyd.
Number of People : 1,335
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