Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by William Billings

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American composer William Billings.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
William Billings

William Billings is regarded as the first American choral composer, and leading member of the First New England School.

It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time. — © William Billings
It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time.
Let tyrants shake their iron rod.
In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key note.
When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound; when Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the guilty world around.
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