Born: Oc­to­ber 7, 1746, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 26, 1800, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Buried: Cen­tral Bur­y­ing Ground, Bos­ton Com­mon, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Billings was one of the first ma­jor Amer­i­can com­pos­ers. His works in­clude:

Sources

Hymns

  1. Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rods

Music

  1. Bos­ton
  2. Chester
  3. Majesty (Billings)