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William Billings
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Vinony's link graph records 99 inbound references to William Billings, and connects out to choir, Boston and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including 1746 births, 1800 deaths and 18th-century American composers.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
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- Singing Master's Assistant, or Key to Practical Music. Being an Abridgement from the New-England Psalm-Singer; Together with Several Other Tunes, Never Before Published. Composed by William Billings
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1746
- Active to
- 1800
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,376
- Total plays
- 17,510
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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 <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- composer
- Image
- William Billings grave memorial.jpg
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- Commons category
- William Billings
- date of birth
- 1746-10-07
- date of death
- 1800-09-26
- place of burial
- Boston
- P8168
- Shenzhou 5
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