William Billings

Life

Born: 7 October 1746

Died: 26 September 1800

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List of choral works

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• A Virgin unspotted (see Judea)
• Adoration (To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit)   ( )
• Africa     (   Finale 1998 )
• America (Come, let us sing unto the Lord)     (2 editions available)
• Amherst (To God the mighty Lord, your joyful thanks repeat)     (2 editions available)
• And I saw a mighty angel   ( )
• Andover   ( )
• Ashford (The Lord Himself, the mighty Lord)     (2 editions available)
• Asia (Behold, the lofty sky declares its maker, God)     (2 editions available)
• As the hart panteth   ( Sibelius )
• Assurance   ( )
• Baptism (O how doth God our souls surprise)     (3 editions available)
• Bellingham (Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme)     (2 editions available)
• Beneficence (That man is blest who stands in awe)     (2 editions available)
• Benevolence (Happy the man whose tender care)     (2 editions available)
• Berlin   ( )
• Bethlehem   ( [ Capella] )
• Blessed is he that considereth the poor (Anthem for charity meetings)   ( )
• Bolton     (   Allegro 2007 )
• Boston     (   Finale 1998 )
• Brattle Square (Come, let us join our cheerful songs)     (2 editions available)
• Brattle Street (1770) (Just are Thy ways, and true Thy word)     (2 editions available)
• Brattle Street (1786) (Sweet is the work, my God, my King)     (2 editions available)
• Broad Cove   ( )
• Brookfield   (2 editions available)
• Brookline (The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord)     (4 editions available)
• Brunswick     (2 editions available)
• Burlington (Canaan promised is before)     (2 editions available)
• Camden (My soul the great Creator Praise)     (2 editions available)
• Chester     (2 editions available)
• Chesterfield     (   Finale 1998 )
• Clarimont (Arise and hail the sacred day)     (2 editions available)
• Cobham (Teach me the measure of my days)   ( [ ] )
• Cohasset   ( )
• Connection     (   Finale 1998 )
• Conquest (Sing the triumphs of your conquering head and crucified King)   ( )
• Creation   ( )
• Cross-Street (The Lord my pasture shall prepare)   ( )
• David's Lamentation     (   Finale 1998 )
• Dedham   (   ) ( )
• Dorchester (Time, what an empty vapor 'tis)   ( )
• Dunstable (With earnest longings of the mind)   ( )
• Easter Anthem     (3 editions available)
• Effingham     (2 editions available)
• Egypt (Come see the wonders, see the wonders)   ( )
• Emanuel   ( )
• Emmaus   ( Finale 2011 )
• Euroclydon   ( )
• Exeter     (2 editions available)
• Framingham (Shall wisdom cry aloud)   ( ) ( )
• Gilead   ( )
• Golgotha (Hark! From the tombs, a doleful sound)     (2 editions available)
• Gratitude (I love the Lord because He hath heard the voice of my prayer)   ( )
• Great-Plain (Ye slumb'ring saints, a heav'nly host)   ( )
• Halifax (Not to our names, Thou only just and true)     (2 editions available)
• Hartford   ( )
• Haverhill (Through all the changing scenes of life)     (2 editions available)
• Hebron (My God, my life, my love)     (2 editions available)
• Here is a song, which doth belong (West-Sudbury)   (   Sibelius 7 ) () ( )
• Hopkinton   ( )
• I am come into my garden     (   Finale 1998 )
• I am the Rose of Sharon     (   Finale 1998 )
• Invocation (Majestic God, our muse inspire)     (   Finale 1998 ) ( )
• Is any afflicted?     (   Finale 2001 )
• Jargon     (multiple editions available)
• Jordan     (   Finale 1998 )
• Judea (A Virgin Unspotted)     (   Sibelius 2 )
• Kittery (Our Father who in heaven art)     (2 editions available)
• Lamentation over Boston (By the rivers of Watertown)     (3 editions available)
• Lexington (My righteous judge, my gracious God)     (2 editions available)
• Lift up your eyes   ( )
• Lynn (Sweet is the memory of Thy grace)     (2 editions available)
• Madrid (How charmingly sounds the word of the Lord)   ( )
• Majesty     (   Finale 1998 )
• Manchester   ( )
• Marblehead (How vast must their advantage be!)     (2 editions available)
• Medway (Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name)     (2 editions available)
• Mendom   ( )
• Milton (Thee will I laud, my God and King)     (2 editions available)
• Modern Musick     (   Finale 2001 )
• Morning Hymn   ( )
• Mourn, mourn   ( )
• My God, my life, my love   ( )
• Norfolk (Let the old heathen tune their song)     (2 editions available)
• North Providence (Come, let us join our cheerful songs with angels round the throne)     (2 editions available)
• O Lord, our fathers oft have told   ( )
• O praise the Lord of heaven   (2 editions available)
• Paria (Ye boundless realms of joy)     (2 editions available)
• Petersburgh (Thus saith the high, the lofty one)   ( )
• Philadelphia (Let diff'ring nations join to celebrate)     (2 editions available)
• Pomfret (How good and pleasant must it be)     (2 editions available)
• Princetown (Lord, hear the voice of my complaint)     (2 editions available)
• Redemption (The'Eternal speaks, all heaven attends)   ( )
• Rejoice ye shining worlds on high   ( )
• Resignation (Thus saith the Ruler of the skies)   ( )
• Revelation (Let all the heathen Writers join)     (   Finale 2008 )
• Richmond     (   Finale 2001 )
• Rochester (Ye Servants of God)     (   Finale 2008 )
• Rocky-Nook (Those glorious minds, how bright they shine)     (2 editions available)
• Rutland   ( [ ] )
• Sappho     (   )
• Shiloh     (   Finale 1998 )
• Smithfield (Lord, who's the happy man that may)     (2 editions available)
• St. Andrew's (Behold, the glories of the Lamb)     (2 editions available)
• St. John's (Where are the Mourners)     (   Finale 2008 ) ( )
• St. Thomas (Methinks I see my Saviour dear)     (   Finale 2008 )
• Taunton (As pants the hart for cooling streams)     (2 editions available)
• The dying Christian's last farewell   ( )
• The dying Christian to his soul (Vital spark)   ( )
• The Lord is king, and is clothed with majesty   ( )
• Thomas-Town   ( )
• Universal Praise (O Praise God)     (   Finale 2001 )
• Variety, without method   ( )
• Vermont (In vain we lavish out our lives)   ( )
• Waltham (My Savior and my King, Your beauties are divine) (To Thee I made my cry)     (2 editions available)
• Wake every breath     (   Finale 2000 )
• Warren (Children of the heavenly King)     (2 editions available)
• Washington     (   Finale 2001 )
• Washington-Street (Now shall my inward joys)     (   Finale 2008 )
• West-Sudbury (see Here is a song, which doth belong)
• Weymouth (Shall we go on to sin)   ( )
• Wheelers Point (Dear Lord! Behold our sore distress)     (2 editions available)
• When Jesus wept     (   Finale 1998 )
• While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Charlston)   ( )
• Who is this that cometh from Edom   ( )
• Worcester (How short and hasty are our lives)     (2 editions available)

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Publications

• The New-England Psalm-Singer (1770)
• The Singing Master's Assistant (1778)
• Music in Miniature (1779)
• The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (1781)
• The Suffolk Harmony (1786)
• The Continental Harmony (1794)

External links

Facsimile: Original publications from IMSLP

References

• Barbour, J. Murray. 1960. The Church Music of William Billings. 167 pp. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press.
• Fawcett-Yeske, Maxine. 1996. Stylistic Development in the Fuging Tunes of William Billings. The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning 7(1):32-46.
• Howe, Sondra W. 1996. William Billings: A Biographical Overview. The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning 7(1): 6-9. http://www-usr.rider.edu/~vrme/
• Kroeger, Karl. 1996. Two Unknown Billings Compositions in John Norman's "The Massachusetts Harmony" (1784). The Hymn 47(3):44-49.
• Kroeger, Karl, Editor. The Choral Works of William Billings. Volume 1 (1981), 383 pp. Volume 2 (1977), 362 pp. Volume 3 (1986), 399 pp. Volume 4 (1990), 332 pp. Brunswick, Maine: American Musicological Society. http://www.ams-net.org/billings/