Hymnology : a collection of source readings

By David W. Music

Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 233 p.

Source readings in American choral music

College Music Society, 1995, 258 p.

The American musical landscape

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1993

Dictionary of western church music

By David Poultny

Chicago: American Library Association, 1991, 234 p.

The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music

Edited by Paul E. Bierley

William H. Rehrig

Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991

William Tansur's influence on William Billings

Inter-American Music Review, 11-2, 1991, p. 1-12

William Billings in the District of Maine, 1780

American Music, 09-3, 1991, p. 243-259

"Wilks", "No. 45", and Mr. Billings

American Music, 07-4, 1989, p. 430-447

Word Painting in the Music of William Billings

American Music, 06-1, 1988, p. 41-64

Early American choral music : an annotated guide

By David P. DeVenney

Berkeley, California: Fallen Leaf Press, 1988, 149 p.

Anthems of the Sacred Harp Tunesmiths.

American Music 6/3 (Fall 1988): 247-63.

William Billings : Teacher, Innovator, Patriot.

Music Educators Journal 74/9 (May 1988): 22-25.

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.

Index

The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 63 vols.
With supplentary index (1984)

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Pioneers of American Music.

Keyboard Classics 4/4 (1984): 6-7.

A dictionary of American composers

New York: Garland, 1984

William Billings of Boston.

Journal of Church Music 25/5 (May 1983): 2-4.

Index

Keefer, Lubov Breit

William Billings's music in manuscript copy and some notes on variant versions of his pieces.

Notes. 39 (1982/83), S. 316-345.

Early American music : music in America from 1620 to 1920

Bloomington, Indiana: Frangipani Press, 1981

The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians

London: Macmillan, 1980

A history of evangelistic hymnody

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1978

Eighteenth-Century Evaluations of William Billings
A Reappraisal.

Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 35/1 (January 1978): 48-58.

Explicating William Billings's Jargon.

In Theory Only, 3 (April 1977): 22-28.

[Review]

Journal of the American Musicological Society. 30 (1977), S. 328-333.

[Review]

Music and Letters. 58 (1977), S. 87-88.

The Funeral of Samuel Cooper.

New England Quarterly 50/4 (December 1977): 644-59.

[Review]

Journal of the American Musicological Society. 30 (1977), S. 328-333.

William Billings, data and documents.

Detroit: Publ. for the College Music Society by Information Coordinators 1976. 69 S.

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.

William Billings, data and documents.

Detroit: Publ. for the College Music Society by Information Coordinators 1976. 69 S.

William Billings : Data and Documents

Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1976. 69 p.

William Billings : the Continental Harmony (1794)

American Choral Review, 18, no. 4 (1976): 27-36.

[Review]

The Musical Quarterly. 62 (1976), S. 278-282.

Sohlman's musiklexikon

2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.

Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom

Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.

William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.

Princeton, London: Princeton Univ. Press 1975. XII, 303 S.

William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.

Princeton 1975.

Billings of Boston

Music: The A.G.O. / R.C.C.O. Magazine, 9/9, 1975, p. 30-31

William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.

Princeton, London: Princeton Univ. Press 1975. XII, 303 S.

Billings of Boston.

Music: The A.G.O./R.C.C.O. Magazine 9/9 (1975): 30-31.

William Billings of Boston : Eighteenth-Century Composer

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975. xii, 303 p.

William Billings of Boston : eighteenth-century composer.

Princeton, London: Princeton Univ. Press 1975. XII, 303 S.

Biographical dictionary of American music

West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Opinions on church music

Waco, Texas: Markham Press Fund of Baylor University Press, 1974

The performance of William Billings music.

Journal of Research in Music Education. 21 (1973), S. 318-330.

William Billings and the Colonial Music "Patent"

Old-Time New England 63 (1973): 100-07.

The musical heritage of the United States
The unknown portion

New York: Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, 1973, 237 p.

William Billings and the colonial music "Patent"

Old-Time New England, 63, 1973, p. 100-07

William Billings : a bibliography.

Notes. 29 (1972/73), S. 658-669.

Great men of American popular song

Revised and enlarged edition

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972

A list of works performed at the American Composers' Concerts and Festivals 1925-71

[William Billings]

Opera News, Feb 14, 1970, p. 27

Great men of American popular song

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970

The musical tanner

Opera News, 34/16, 1970, p. 26-28

Biographical sketches

Hixon, D.L.

The Musical Tanner.

Opera News 34/16 (14 February 1970): 27-28.

William Billings, the Musical Tanner

Keystone Folklore Quarterly, 12, 1967, p. 261-79

A short history of music in America

By John Tasker Howard and George Kent Bellows

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967, 496 p.

William Billings : the Musical Tanner

Keystone Folklore Quarterly 12/4 (Winter 1967): 261-78.

The American composer speaks.
A historical anthology, 1770-1965

Edited by Gilbert Chase

Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1966, 318 p.

William Billings and the Yankee Tunesmiths

HiFi/Stereo Review, 16/2, 1966, p. 55-56

The American composer speaks.
A historical anthology, 1770-1965

Edited by Gilbert Chase

New Orleans: Louisiana State University Press, 1966, 318 p.

The anthem in New England before 1800

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1966

William Billings and the Yankee Tunesmiths.

HiFi/Stereo Review 16/2 (1966): 55-65.

Rhode island music and musicians

Detroit: Information Service Inc., 1965

From Tanner to Tunesmith

Music Ministry, 4/11, 1963, p. 13-14, 36

From Tanner to Tunesmith.

Music Ministry 4/11 (1963): 13-14, 36.

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

A history and bibliography of early American musical periodicals, 1782-1852

By Charles Edward Wunderlich

1962, 783 p.

The Church Music of William Billings

East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1960, 167 p.

The Church Music of William Billings.

East Lansing 1960.

William Billings and Early American Music : Rush on Ye Sons of Harmony!

Sing Out 10/4 (1960-61): 24-26.

The Church Music of William Billings

East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1960.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1972. xvi, 167 p.

The church music of William Billings.

East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State Univ. Press 1960. XVI, 167 S. A p.

William Billings and Early American Music : Rush on Ye Sons of Harmony

Sing Out, 10/4, 1960-61, p. 24-26

Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten
Christlicher Zeitrechnung bis Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts

Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlaganstalt, 1959

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.

America's First Troubadour.

Music Clubs Magazine 32/3 (January 1953): 8, 28.

America's First Troubadour

Music Clubs Magazine, 32/3, 1953, p. 8, 28

The Works of William Billings.

North Carolina. 1952. Ph.D. 177p.

Journeyman composers of New England

Musical America, 70/3, 1950, p. 110-11

Journeyman Composers of New England.

Musical America 70/3 (February 1950): 110-11, 222, 248.

William Billings : Pioneer in American Music.

New England Quarterly 14/1 (March 1941): 25-33.

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.

Early New England psalmody.
An historical appreciation 1620-1820

By Hamilton C. MacDougall, Doctor of Music, Brown University ...

Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, [c1940]

Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians

Fourth edition revised and enlarged

New York: G. Schirmer, 1940

William Billings and his times

Musical Quarterly, 25, 1939, p. 479-97

William Billings and his times

Musical Quarterly 25/4 (October 1939): 479-97.

William Billings and his times.

Musical Quarterly 25, 479-97.

Billings Best

Etude Music Magazine, 57, 1939, p. 777-78, 816

Billings Best

Etude 57 (1939): 777-78, 816.

Dizionario universale dei musicisti

Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.

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.

The history of American church music

New York: Morehouse-Gorham, 1935, 274 p.

The first American musician

American Mercury, 14, 1928, p. 67-75

The First American Musician.

American Mercury 14/53 (May 1928): 67-75.

American writers and compilers of sacred music

New York: Russell & Russell, 1925, 373 p.

Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...

Edited by Waldo S. Pratt. Associate editor: Charles N. Boyd.

New York: 1920