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William Billings, Data and Documents (Bibliographies in American music) by Hans Nathan, 1976-12 So Close to Greatness: The Biography of William C. Bullitt by Will Brownell, Richard, Ph.D. Billings, 1988-04 The Church Music of William Billings (Da Capo Press music reprint series) by James Murray Barbour, 1972-06 City Kids, City Schools: More Reports from the Front Row William Billings of Boston: Eighteenth Century Composer by David Phares McKay, Richard Crawford, 1975-06 Catalog of the Musical Works of William Billings (Music Reference Collection) The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677 by William Berkeley, 2007-06-15 The Continental Harmony (The John Harvard Library) by William Billings, 1961-01-01 Tales of the old days, North Manchester and Wabash County, by William Edward Billings, 1926 Live-stock and poultry diseases, in five parts, (The rural science series, ed. by L. H. Bailey) by William Arthur Billings, 1938 Some details of water-works construction by William R Billings, 2010-08-08 Outlines of the history of education by William Billings Aspinwall, 2010-08-16 Some details of water-works constrution by William R Billings, 2010-08-08 Synthetic method of shorthand, Graham & Pitmanic ... adapted to schools, business colleges and self-instruction by William Billings, 2010-09-10

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1. The Music Of William Billings
   William Billings (17461800), is considered by many to be the foremost representative of early American music. Billings was born in Boston on October 7,  
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   Extractions: And Other Early American Composers William Billings (1746-1800), is considered by many to be the foremost representative of early American music. Billings was born in Boston on October 7, 1746. Largely self-trained in music, he was a tanner by trade and a friend of such figures of the American Revolution as Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. Billings's New England Psalm-Singer (1770), engraved by Revere, was the first collection of music entirely by an American. ( The image above is the frontispiece engraving for New England Psalm-Singer by Paul Revere Especially known among his compositions are his canon (round) "When Jesus Wept," the anthem "David's Lamentation," and the hymn "Chester," written to his own patriotic text and unofficially the national hymn of the American Revolution. Billings died in Boston on September 26, 1800. (Excerpts from an article on William Billings by John H. Lienhard, University of Houston

2. William Billings - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
   William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) was an American choral composer, and is widely regarded as the father of American choral music.  
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   Extractions: Jump to: navigation search William Billings William Billings October 7 September 26 ) was an American choral composer , and is widely regarded as the father of American choral music. Billings was originally a tanner by trade, and lacking formal training in music, Billings created what is now recognized as a uniquely American style. His most popular composition was "Chester." "He had one eye, a deformed arm and a harsh voice; he was lame in one leg; and he was addicted to snuff." He was married with six children. Billings died in poverty on September 26, 1800. His funeral was announced in the Columbian Centinel "Died- Mr. William Billings, the celebrated music composer. His funeral will be tomorrow at 4 o'clock, PM from the house of Mrs. Amos Penniman, in Chamber-stree, West-Boston." Virtually all of Billings' music was written for four-part chorus , singing a cappella . His many hymns and anthems were published mostly in book-length collections, as follows: Sometimes Billings would revise and improve a song, including the new version in his next volume.

3. William Billings -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
   Britannica online encyclopedia article on William Billings foremost composer of the early American primitive style, whose works have become an integral  
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   Extractions: document.writeln(''); document.writeln('Initializing application...'); Username Password Remember me Forgot your password? Search Site: born Oct. 7, 1746, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Sept. 26, 1800, Boston foremost composer of the early American primitive style, whose works have become an integral part of the American folk tradition. A tanner by trade, he was self-taught in music. Among his friends were many prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. Anthem for Easter were among the most popular of early American hymns. Although reportedly missing both an eye and a leg, Billings was active as an itinerant singing master and was influential in furthering the singing-school tradition of American folk culture. By the mid-1780s his fame was considerable, but his final decade was one of steep decline, leaving him poor and nearly forgotten by the time of his death. His six publications include The New-England Psalm-Singer (1770; the first collection entirely by an American composer)

4. No. 1188: William Billings
   William Billings, Colonial composer and American original.  
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   Extractions: by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 1188. Today, we meet America's first significant composer. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. A nyone who's done much choral singing has sung William Billings's music. Ask what music came out of Colonial America: we get Billings and little more. Few sophisticated musicians think much of him I love his stuff. Historians have made little effort to know Billings. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians runs to almost 20,000 pages and it gives Billings only a page and a half. Billings was born in Boston in 1747. He was poor and uneducated he supported himself much of the time as a tanner. But he also took up music when he was young and was teaching choral singing by the age of 22. Biographers call him a gargoyle. He was blind in one eye with a short leg and a withered arm. But that's only the beginning. He practiced what a contemporary called "an uncommon negligence of person," and he was hopelessly addicted to tobacco constantly inhaling handfuls of snuff. That may explain why he only lived to the age of 54. He had a stentorian, tobacco-damaged bass voice and he seemed uninterested in any easy beauty of sound.

5. Billings William: Free Encyclopedia Articles At Questia.com Online Library
   Research billings william and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library.  
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   Extractions: Highlight the text above with the cursor. Use (ctrl + c) to copy and (ctrl + v) to paste. Mac users use (cmd + c) to copy and (cmd + v) to paste. Login Bookmark this page Link to this page Home ... Encyclopedia Index The New England Psalm Singer The Singing Master's Assistant (1778), and The Continental Harmony See biography by D. McKay and R. Crawford (1974); M. Barbour, The Church Music of William Billings (1960, repr. 1972); K. Kroger, William Billing's Anthem for Easter Top Search the Library Books Join Now... Questia Books and Articles on: Billings William We found: results By media type: Journal articles: Magazine articles: Newspaper articles: Encyclopedia articles: books on: Billings William - 2875 results More book Results: Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century Book by Carroll Van West ; University of Nebraska Press, 1993

6. William Billings - Britannica Concise
   William Billings American hymn composer, sometimes called the first American composer.  
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   Extractions: Print Article Email Article Cite Article American hymn composer, sometimes called the first American composer. A tanner by trade, he was largely self-taught in music. His robust and primitive style, lacking instrumental parts, has seemed to embody the distinctive virtues of early America. His New England Psalm-Singer (1770) was the first published collection of American music; his other works include The Singing Master's Assistant (1778) and The Continental Harmony document.writeln(AAMB2); More on "William Billings" from Britannica Concise Hand, (Billings) Learned - U.S. jurist. More on "William Billings" from the 32 Volume Billings, William - foremost composer of the early American primitive style, whose works have become an integral part of the American folk tradition. A tanner by trade, he was self-taught in music. Among his friends were many prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. Bernbach, William

7. William Billings - ChoralWiki
   William Billings. From ChoralWiki. Jump to navigation, search. Contents View Wikipedia article for William Billings. edit. List of choral works  
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   Extractions: EXTERNAL SITE EXTERNAL PDF FILE EXTERNAL MIDI FILE SCORE ERROR HELP edit add web links here Retrieved from " http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/William_Billings Categories 1746 births 1800 deaths ... American composers Views Personal tools Navigation Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link This page was last modified 07:17, 26 December 2007. This page has been accessed 8,927 times.

8. William Billings Classical Music (Used, New, Hard-to-Find
   Alibris UK has new used classical music composed by William Billings, including CDs, vinyl, cassettes, and hardto-find formats from sellers worldwide.  
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   Extractions: your shopping cart order status wish list order history ... help Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win FREE books. your e-mail address see this month's winners IN CLASSICAL: NEW RELEASES BROWSE ALL GENRES BARGAINS Your search: Classical Music Composer: William Billings (8 matching classical music titles) Narrow your results by: Narrow results by album title Narrow results by artist Narrow results by composer Narrow results by genre Narrow results by keyword Narrow results by label Format CD CD single SACD DVD Audio Vinyl LP 7" single (45 RPM) 12" single 78 RPM Cassette 8-Track MiniDisc Reel-to-Reel refine further Page of 1 sort by Top-Selling Price New Price Title Artist Release Date Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1

9. Boston - Boston Common: Central Burying Ground - William Billings On Flickr - Ph
   William Billings (16461800), one of America s earliest native born (Boston) composers who greatly enhanced a musical awareness within the colonies.  
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10. Robert J Billings
    BILLINGS ROBERT J. Click on a name for a new proximity search ABRAHAMSON JAMES A (GEN) Walls,D. The Activist s Almanac. 1993 (374). billings william  
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12. ZERO CROSSOVER CIRCUIT - Patent Review GB19740035437 19740812
    Inventor billings william W (US); TIPTON LYNN L (US), Applicant WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP (BR). EC H03K3/027; H03K5/1536, IPC H02M1/08; H03K3/027;  
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    Extractions: Advanced Search var sc_project=1810540; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=13; var sc_security="26fcf364"; ZERO CROSSOVER CIRCUIT addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; addthis_pub = 'wikipatents'; GB Patent # Link to this page http://www.wikipatents.com/gb/1460068.html Inventor(s) not available Abstract Title Information Applicant WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP Inventor not available Publication Date Int. Classification European Classification Application number Priority number(s) Also published as US3914625 (A1); NL7410727 (A); JP50046246 (A); FR2241168 (A1); DE2438615 (A1) GB F 3543774 A PRS Code PS; PCNP PRS Date Code Expl. + PATENT SEALED - PATENT CEASED THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF RENEWAL FEE Title Information INPADOC patent family ZERO CROSSOVER CIRCUIT Inventor: BILLINGS WILLIAM W; TIPTON LYNN L Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP (BR) EC: IPC: Publication info: Zero crossover circuit Inventor: BILLINGS WILLIAM W (US); TIPTON LYNN L (US)

13. Index To Chattel Mortgages, 1840-1870, Ontario County, New York
    Orsamus Allen Samuel Anderson James Anderson William T. Andrews Chauncey Robert Billings Bordwell billings william Binks Frederick Binks William H.  
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14. William Billings — FactMonster.com
    billings, william, 1746–1800, American hymn composer, b. Boston. A tanner by trade, he was one of the earliest Americanborn composers.  
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    Extractions: Reference Desk Encyclopedia Billings, William, The New England Psalm Singer The Singing Master's Assistant (1778), and The Continental Harmony See biography by D. McKay and R. Crawford (1974); M. Barbour, The Church Music of William Billings (1960, repr. 1972); K. Kroger, William Billing's Anthem for Easter The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Atlas ... Privacy

15. Some Descendants Of William Billings - Aqw01.htm
    THE GENEALOGY OF SOME OF THE DECENDANTS OF WILLIAMS billings WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN 1650 AND PERMANENTLY SETTLED AT STONINGTON CT IN 1658, by Frank billings  
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    Extractions: William, the youngest son of Richard Billing, had by his father's will a house and land in Taunton called Deanes, which passed to his son William, who emigrated to New England, sold it to his brother Ebenezer of Glastonbury in Somersetshire, which Ebenezer, who had a wife, Jane, but no children, by his will dated 1659, bequeathed to his nephew, Ebenezer Billing, son of his brother Joseph Billing Deceased, describing it as formerly belonging to his brother William Billing, then in New England. He had the following children: M i Ebenezer BILLING William, the youngest son of Richard Billing, had by his father's will a house and land in Taunton called Deanes, which passed to his son William, who emigrated to New England, sold it to his brother Ebenezer of Glastonbury in Somersetshire, which Ebenezer, who had a wife, Jane, but no children, by his will dated 1659, bequeathed to his nephew, Ebenezer Billing, son of his brother Joseph Billing Deceased, describing it as formerly belonging to his brother William Billing, then in New England. M ii William BILLINGS was born 1629 and died 16 Mar 1713.

16. William Billings Sheet Music - Sheet Music Plus
    Browse 125 items by william billings at Sheet Music Plus, the world s largest retailer of sheet music, songbooks, songs, tabs, piano vocal chords,  
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17. William Billings
    Brief article includes physical description and notes the politically inflammatory lyrics of his Singing Master s Assistant.  
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    Extractions: Died 26 September 1800, Boston. Bizarre of appearance (one-eyed, one-legged, and unkempt) and colorful of career (by turns as tanner, teacher, and civil servant), Billings was America's first major composer. The New-England Psalm-Singer, a collection of 120 vocal works (with frontispiece engraved by Paul Revere), was the first published edition of American music; The Singing Master's Assistant enjoyed immense circulation, in part, owing to its politically inflammatory lyrics. "Chester," Billings's famous and stirring Revolutionary hymn, might well be compared in function and effect to Martin Luther's Ein' feste Burg. Works

18. Billings, William. The American Heritage® Dictionary Of The English Language: F
    billings, william. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition. 2000.  
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    Extractions: Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference American Heritage Dictionary Billings, Josh ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.

19. Chrono-Biographical Sketch: W. Dwight Billings
    billings, william Dwight (United States 19101997) ecology, botany. billings scientific studies on desert, arctic and alpine environmentswhat he termed  
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    Extractions: ecology, botany Billings' scientific studies on desert, arctic and alpine environmentswhat he termed "severe surroundings"made him a pioneer and leader in the field of plant physiological ecology. Among the subjects he investigated were ecological phytogeography, the effect of substrate on plant growth and success, ecological races, plant metabolic rates, and the effects of temperature and moisture stress on plants. He was especially known for his work in the American West and in Alaska, but from time to time did research in other geographical locations as well. Billings was a highly popular and influential teacher; the fifty-two doctoral students he advised over his career have gone on to have a strong effect on the field of ecology. Life Chronology born in Washington, D.C., on 29 December 1910.

20. Music: William Billings
    Q. Read william billings’ prefaces to his Continental Harmony – both “To the several Teachers of MUSIC…” and “A commentary on the preceding rules…”.  
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    Extractions: The Boston composer William Billings (1756-1800) represented one pinnacle of the uniquely American musical flowering in the latter 18 th Billings published four volumes of psalm settings, fuging tunes and anthems during his life, beginning with The New England Psalm Singer , published in 1770. This was followed by , the Psalm Singers Amusement (1781) and the Suffolk Harmony (1786). The early volumes sold well, the latter less so. By the time The Continental Harmony was published in 1792, Billings was in financial difficulties and his last work failed to restore his fortunes. He may well have been aware that The Continental Harmony And alert I would have to be, for Billings packs a lot of information into his long sentences. Nonetheless, his approach is methodical and well ordered. He begins with

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