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	First Singing Society, Canton, Mass. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Eijjah, who "had a voice like many waters," was passionately fond of music and had one of the finest music libraries in the country.
		The singing society was still flourishing in Huntoon's day (late 19th century) and he writes, "Old Stoughton Musical Society has had among its members some of the finest singers in the State.
		This group was the first organized music society in New England, according to an account written by John S. Dwight in an 1882 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
	www.canton.org /history/sing1.htm (355 words)

	The Music Buffs Web Pages (Music Lectures & Workshops)
		His music lectures or workshops are available either for a general audience (adult education, business meetings, company employees, conventions, historical society, lectures, public library, museum); or a specific audience (church or community choir, music school students, college music lectures, music workshops).
		Music of George Washington's Time [L] - concentrating on the music heard during the late 18th century, including songs written for and about George Washington.
		Let Zion Move: Music by Shaker Women Composers [L or W] - slides or video - a survey of music and poetry written by Shaker women, from their leader Mother Ann Lee in the 1780s to the Victorian era of the 1880s.
	members.hometown.aol.com /musbuff/page49.htm (930 words)

	Chicago Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stoughton Musical Society President, Sanford W. Billings, proudly proclaimed they had "responded to the cordial invitation to present American music of the olden days to the gaze of the world.
		This is the oldest singing society in America and was organized November 7, 1786, under the name of the 'Stoughton Musical Society,' with a membership of twenty-five, all men.
		The music to be given will include examples from all the composers whose hymns were sung in days past, as well as more modern works by Lowell Mason and his contemporaries.
	www.americanmusicpreservation.com /chicago.htm (654 words)

	The Music Buffs Web Pages (Old Stoughton Musical Society History)
		The music at that dedication ceremony was provided by the Stoughton Musical Society Orchestra and Chorus, directed by Ellis B. Porter, a member of the E.A. Jones Orchestra.
		The musical society actually began in Stoughton in 1786, before neighboring Canton was incorporated as a town in 1797.
		Music from that era was performed by pianist Richard Hill and singers from the Old Stoughton Musical Society.
	members.aol.com /musbuff/page16.htm (4701 words)

	Musical Education - American Music
		Considering the musical conditions at the time, the rendition of this now universally known chorus was a note-worthy achievement and speaks well for the educational work accomplished by the early singing schools.
		All the leading American cities at one time or other have had their music festivals, but owing to the scale assumed by the regular offerings of the musical season, there is no longer a call for events of this nature, and consequently the field has been left to the smaller and more remote communities.
		Although schools of music had been instituted by the Moravians in Pennsylvania about 1750 and by the Musical Fund Society in Philadelphia in 1825, it was due to the persistent efforts of Lowell Mason that the subject of music education was brought prominently before the public.
	www.tribalsmile.com /music/article_10.shtml (8679 words)

	Stoughton Music
		The Stoughton party consisted of twenty selected male voices, without instruments, and led by Squire Elijah Dunbar, the president of the Stoughton Musical Society, who was not only one of the most accomplished singers of his day, but distinguished for his commanding presence and dignified bearing.
		The Centennial Concert of the Stoughton Musical Society was held on June 9, 1886.
		In addition there are illustrations of an 1829 Stoughton tunebook, a concert announcement for the benefit of the Johnstown Flood of 1889, and a song titled "Peace" composed by Roger Hall and set to an 1814 poem written by a Stoughton teenage girl.
	www.americanmusicpreservation.com /stoughton.htm (2484 words)

	Music Library - New Recordings and Media April 2005
		Madrigals and keyboard music of the English Renaissance.
		Romantic and contemporary music for viola, clarinet, and piano..
		Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Chester Country presents The Pirates of Penzance [videorecording].
	www.wcupa.edu /library.fhg/fhg_tour/newac054.htm (1127 words)

	Historical Sketches
		This group, pictured in the 1928 History of the Old Stoughton Musical Society performed at many Old Stoughton Concerts and were regulars in the Unitarian worship services.
		She went on to be superintendent of the Sunday School, a teacher and principal in the Easton Public Schools, and later a member of the school committee.
		The salary was increased to 1500 in 1872.
	www.unity-church.com /music/sketches.htm (8177 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Billings (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		His self-reliance and lack of musical training made him relatively independent of European musical fashions.
		As a singing master, he introduced the use of both pitch pipe and cello to improve the intonation of church choirs.
		A singing class he organized in 1774 became in 1786 the Stoughton Musical Society.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BillngsW.html (318 words)

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		The Stoughton Turnpike Corporation incorporated by legislative act the day before on June 23, 1806 was located from Old Bay Road in Canton to a point on the Taunton and South Boston Turnpike in the town of Easton, a road not actually in existence then.
		There is much more to be told of the growth of Stoughton between the Civil War and the first World War as the tide of immigration had its effect on the citizenship of the town, but we must hurry on.
		The venture into the politics of Europe sent 362 boys from Stoughton in 1917 and as they are the fathers of this generation you are probably quite familiar with that phase of our history.
	www.stoughtonhistory.com /beyond.htm (3727 words)

	'B' ENTRIES - Page 3 on the COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE
		He was educated at Wellington College, and with Howells at the at the Royal College of Music.
		The music was played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine, for the Silva Screen FILMCD192.
		This Weimar-era impresario wrote the lyric (composer Walter Jurmann, wrote the music) to the hit song "Du Bist Nicht Die Erste", (483 kb)."You Are Not The First".
	nfo.net /cal/tb3.html (2126 words)

	Stoughton Collection of Church Music - Rare Books, Antique Americana and Silver - Old South Silver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stoughton Musical Society: Stoughton Collection of Church Music...
		The oldest choral society in the U.S. which began in 1786.
		Printed boards are nearly detached, some scuffing and staining to front and back cover, leather spine is missing, front flyleaf partly missing, slight foxing to first few and last few pages, corners bumped.
	www.oldsouthsilver.com /books/stoughton.htm (89 words)

	The Music Buffs Web Pages (Music from Stoughton)
		Stoughton is known as "The Birthplace of American Liberty" because Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Joseph Warren met at Doty's Tavern on August 16, 1774, to begin writing the Suffolk Resolves.
		Stoughton is the home of America's oldest choral society, founded in 1786.
		This society, originally was known as the Stoughton Musical Society and has the oldest constitution of any musical organization in America, written in 1787, just a few weeks after the U.S. Constitution.
	hometown.aol.com /musbuff/page29.htm (7003 words)

	October 7: Birth of William Billings
		Because of his lack of musical training and ignorance of the principles of harmony, many of Billings' compositions were musically crude, but they provided the variety needed by the churches of his day.
		One of the musical schools organized by William Billings in 1774 was at Stoughton, Massachusetts.
		In 1786 this was more formally organized into the Stoughton Musical Society, which is today the oldest musical society in the United States.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2003/10/daily-10-07-2003.shtml (691 words)

	Home Page
		The Stoughton Line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
		A History of Stoughton during the Colonial Period: A masters Thesis at Bridgewater College by Michael Baxter (1976).
		Stoughton Area Map of 1946 Part 1 and Stoughton Area Map of 1946 Part 2
	www.rootsweb.com /~macstoug (208 words)

	William Billings 250th Birthday Singings: minutes
		And remarkably apt as America's first major creative musical figure--the ideal exponent of the ecstatic, the extroverted, and the experimental in a musical culture known for all three qualities.
		I was privileged to spend over 13 years in almost daily contact with his music in preparing three of the four volumes of the complete edition of his music.
		During the recess, the singers relocated from a square in the chancel to the nave of the church while the audience for the chapel's regular Tuesday noon hour recital series found seats in the box pews.
	mysite.verizon.net /gssh/billings96/minutes.html (825 words)

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		The following (more-or-less) alphabetical list is intended as a companion to Steven Sabols' Tunebooks, Music Books, and Hymnals, where you will find reviews for most of them.
		Music of the New American Nation: Volume 11.: Samuel Babcock (ca.
		House of Musical Traditions, Inc. carries it; you may purchase it on line using a secure server for $22.95.
	www.risingdove.com /Sale/shapenotebooks.html (1260 words)

	Billings, William - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bibliography: See biography by D. McKay and R. Crawford (1974); M. Barbour, The Church Music of William Billings (1960, repr.
		Review: Two CDs featuring music by American composer William Billings
		The "other" billings: The Life and Music of Nathaniel Billings (1768-1853), an early American composer.(Biography)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/BillngsW.asp (386 words)

	Lisa Ann Correnti Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In addition to this group she currently performs with the Braintree Choral Society, and with Opera By the Bay of South Shore Conservatory.
		Her vocal credits include solo performances with Old Stoughton Musical Society, Channing Universalist Church of Rockland, and Hingham Congregational Church.
		She has also performed with several musical theater groups including Attleboro Community Theater, Mill River Dinner Theater, Pawtucket Community Players, Quincy Community Theater, and The Company Theater of Norwell.
	home.comcast.net /~jtkenney/LisaC.htm (138 words)

	Find in a Library: The Stoughton Musical Society's centennial collection of sacred music : consisting of selections ...
		Find in a Library: The Stoughton Musical Society's centennial collection of sacred music : consisting of selections from the earliest American authors, as originally written, together with a few selections from European and modern composers
		The Stoughton Musical Society's centennial collection of sacred music : consisting of selections from the earliest American authors, as originally written, together with a few selections from European and modern composers
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/46bd8891fef5077d.html (110 words)

	Billings Birthday 1996: more photos
		American Musicological Society and the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1977-1990).
		Their tunebook of a cappella hymns and anthems, The Sacred Harp, has kept music by Billings continuously in print since its first edition in 1844.
		Berkley Moore (Springfield, IL; standing center facing camera) and Sarah Smith (Bessemer, AL; seated against tree) visit with young Sacred Harp singers from New England during a break in the singing.
	home1.gte.net /gssh/billings96/photopage.html (176 words)

	Sea Music Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
		Since the days of silent films, music has been integral to the cinematic experience, serving, variously, to allay audiences' fears of the dark and t...
		Stoughton Musical Society's Centennial Collection of Sacred Music (Earlier American Music)
		Search Sea Music from UK database and other international databases.
	www.bookfinder4u.com /search/Sea_Music.html (590 words)

	Town of Stoughton Events Calendar - September 2006
		Old Stoughton Musical Society: Concert of Music Sung at Chicago World's Fair in 1893
		Final Program in 2nd Annual "Stoughton Reads Together" postponed from earlier date.
		Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts @ Stoughton Public Library - We have more than 150 adult students on our wait list and need help in all areas.
	www.stoughton.org /cal_make.pl?p1=MON (201 words)

	CNP Info - Composers - Thomas Vozzella
		Additional training was received at the Royal School of Church Music, Croydon, England, University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory, and Nazarene Theological Seminary.
		He has conducted various choral societies: Old Stoughton Musical Society (Massachusetts), Cecilia Chorale (Kansas City MO), and the El Dorado Chorale (El Dorado AR).
		He is a member of the American Choral Director's Association, American Guild of Organists, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the National Association for Music Education.
	www.canticanova.com /cnp_info/vozzella.htm (400 words)

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