In Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Stoughton singing school in 1774!
PDF Book
This PDF Book was prepared by musicologist, Roger L. Hall, and includes a detailed
Billings family genealogy,
plus the Facts and Fiction about Billings and The Stoughton Musical Society,
America's
oldest existing choral society, organized on November 7, 1786. The first music book they sang from was "The
Continental Harmony" by William Billings. The most popular early Billings tune sung by the Stoughton Musical
Society was "MAJESTY" and "CHESTER" was a close second.
PDF Book Contents:
Prelude
PART ONE: William Billings - His Life and Music
1. Family Tree
2. Parents
3. Wife and Children
4. Occupations
5. Revolutionary Patriot
6. Singing Master and Composer
PART TWO: William Billings and Old Stoughton
7. The Singing School in 1774
8. The Stoughton Musical Society, 1786
9. First Tunebook
10. Second Tunebook
11. Chicago World's Exposition Concerts
12. Billings Tunes in Stoughton Concerts (1876-1986)
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
MUSIC SUPPLEMENT
Set Piece: THE PLEASURES OF VARIETY (Homage to William Billings) - music by Roger Hall
Canon: Come Let Us Sing - words by William Billings/ music by Roger Hall
Fuging Tune: MAJESTY - music by William Billings, 1778
Hymn Tune: STOUGHTON - music by William Billings (1770)/ words added by Roger Hall, 1986
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This wordless tune, STOUGHTON was published in the first Billings music collection published in Boston,
The New-England Psalm Singer. The tune was edited by Roger Hall with an 18th century text
and the new version was
recorded in its
Premiere Performance by the Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus in their Bicentennial Concert
held in Stoughton on November 7, 1986.
Music Collection:
01: The complete PDF book, MAJESTY, including sample music by William Billings
02: Audio album -- "Best of William Billings" (AMRC CD 0001) - 20 audio tracks
with choral music
by Billings plus several radio interviews on WGBH-FM in Boston
for the 200th anniversary of the Old Stoughton Musical Society (OSMS) in 1986
with OSMS Historian, Roger L. Hall and Billings biographer, David P. McKay.
Price for this collection:
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See also this related collection:
"DEDICATION" - Singing in Stoughton, 1762-1992
These CDs are available separately:
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"Chester" - Music in Old New England, 1778-1878
(AMRC CD 0041)
A radio documentary narrated by OSMS Historian, Roger Hall,
with highlights from the Old Stoughton Musical
Society's First Fall Music Festival in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on October 14-15, 1978.
Composers include:
William Billings, Bartholomew Brown, Jeremiah Ingalls, Samuel Capen,
Lowell Mason, George Root, James Hewitt,
Edwin Arthur Jones.
"New Jerusalem" - The Stoughton Harmony, 1770-1990
(AMRC CD 0047)
Music by Supply Belcher, William Billings, Samuel Capen, Stephen Foster,
Edward French, Jacob French, Roger Hall, Oliver Holden, +Jeremiah Ingalls,
Charles E. Ives, Edwin A. Jones,
Daniel Read
+ = *"New Jerusalem" by Jeremiah Ingalls was the most performed tune
by The Old Stoughton Musical Society between 1879 and 1979
To order these CDs from the Stoughton Choral Music Series-- go here
