About William Billings
William Billings (1746-1800) is considered one of the first significant composers of the United States. He composed and published over 340 choral pieces during his lifetime. From his many published writings Billings manifested a strong personality: "For my own Part, as I don't think myself confin'd to any Rules for Composition laid down by any that went before me, neither should I think (were I to pretend to lay down Rules) that any who came after me were any ways obligated to adhere to them
Top Tracks
When Jesus Wept
Chester
David's Lamentation
Chester ("Let tyrants shake their iron rod")
Creation
I Am the Rose of Sharon
Africa
Shiloh
Bethlehem
Billings: The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"
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