William Billings of Boston : : Eighteenth-Century Composer /

William Billings of Boston : : Eighteenth-Century Composer / / Richard Crawford, David Phares McKay.

The foremost American musician of the eighteenth century, William Billings wrote more than three hundred compositions and six musical collections at a time when Americans were singing almost nothing but British music. In this study, David McKay and Richard Crawford depict the man, his music, and his...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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McKay, David Phares,
Crawford, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©1975
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5554
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INDEX OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES
  • INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFATORY NOTE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PROLOGUE. Eighteenth-Century Sacred Music in New England
  • CHAPTER I. William Billings's Early Years (1746-1769)
  • CHAPTER II. The New-England Psalm-Singer (1770-1777)
  • CHAPTER III. The Singing Master's Assistant (1778)
  • CHAPTER IV. Composer, Poet, Author, Editor (1779-1784)
  • CHAPTER V. American Artist in the 1780s
  • CHAPTER VI. Billings's Final Years (1790-1800)
  • EPILOGUE. The Reputation of Billings and His Music, 1800-1970
  • APPENDIX I. Copyright and William Billings
  • APPENDIX II. Performance of William Billings's Music
  • APPENDIX III. Illustrations
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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