Hymn : subtraction from Old north by Wm. Billings / [John Cage]. [1979]

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Hymn : subtraction from Old north by Wm. Billings / [John Cage]. [1979]

1 score (p. 2-25) ; 22 x 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7374370

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Cage, John.

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American composer. From the description of Imaginary landscape no. 4 or March no. 2, 1951. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406987239 American composer, philosopher, and writer on music. From the description of [Renga]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967275 In the summers of 1940 and 1941, John Cage was on the dance faculty of Mills College (Oakland, Calif.). He composed Dance music for Elfrid Ide when she was a student in 1940. ...

Billings, William, 1746-1800

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William Billings was a ship captain. From the guide to the Journals of the Ship Apollo, 1789-1791, 1789-1791, (American Philosophical Society) Originally composed for chorus. "I am the rose of Sharon" and "Lamentation over Boston" are from Billings' "The Singing-Master's Assistant," published by Edes & Gill, Boston, 1778. "The Lord is risen" is from Billings' "The Suffolk Harmony," published Boston, 1786. Arranged 1976. First performance Free Library of Philadelphia, 17 ...