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1867 - 1932 Author of "In the Morning" Nellie May McCaughna Bilhorn, born 1867 in Byron, Michigan, died 1932 in Chicago. Married to Peter Philip Bilhorn Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave (accessed online 9/21/2020)

P. P. Bilhorn

1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. B. Author of "Bid Him Come In" in Bilhorn's Male Chorus No. l Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name) ================ Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936. John Perry

D. Billard

Author of "I believe in Jesus, Son of God"

Agathon Billeter

1834 - 1881 Composer of "SIONSTONER, NO. 388" in Hymnal and Order of Service Agathon Billeter, bron at Männedorf, Zurich, Nov. 21, 1834, died at Burgdorf, Feb. 8, 1881. Vocal composer, pupil of the Liepsic Conservatorium; organist and music director at Burgdorf, Switzerland. He has composed very popular choruses for male voices. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)

C. Billett

1838 - 1905 Author of "That Will Be Glory" Charles Billett, born in Camberwell, England in 1838 to Christian parents. He worked as a business man, but he opened his home for fellow believers to meet and held Bible readings. He and his wife took in children and cared for him. He was also a poet. Dianne Shapiro, from "Out of His Treasure: things new and old," The Believer's Pathway (New Series) 14 (1893) accessed 12/27/2022 from Brethren Archive (Plymouth Brethren) (https://www.brethrenarchive.org/media/357614/tbp-1905.pdf)

Stanley Billheimer

1872 - 1964 Author of "'Twas Easter, but they knew it not" Stanley Billheimer, Lutheran minister from Pennsylvania. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave Memorial website (accessed 12/27/2022)

M. C. Billings

Author of "In life's early days"

Nathaniel Billings

1768 - 1853 Person Name: N. Billings Composer of "LONELY TRAVELER" in The Tribute of Praise Nathaniel Billings, born in Northbourough, Massachusetts in 1768. It is not known how Billings learned music, but there were several singing masters close to where he lived. He may have been mentored by Abraham Wood, Joseph Stone, or Jacob French. Woods and Stone published Billing's first-published tune NEW SPRINGFIELD in their 1793 The Columbian Harmony. However, Billing's style more closely resembles that of Jacob French. Billings taught a singing school in Cooperstown, New York in 1794. In 1795 he moved to the Troy-Lansingburgh area north of Albany where he published a newspaper, the Recorder with George Gardner, and issued his tunebook The Republican Harmony. In 1797 he married and settled in Paterson, New Jersey. It is not known what sort of work Billings did in Paterson, but he is listed in the 1850 census as a musician. Dianne Shapiro, from "The 'Other' Billings: The Life and Music of Nathaniel Billings (1768-1853), an Early American Composer" byKarl Kroeger and Joan R. Callahan in Notes Second Series, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Dec., 2003), pp. 377-392 (16 pages) Published by: Music Library Association

William Billings

1746 - 1800 Person Name: William Billings, 1746-1800 Composer of "BILLINGS" in Shaping Sanctuary William Billings (b. 1746; d. 1800) was an American choral composer, thought by some to be the father of American choral music. His father died when William was 14, and he was forced to drop all formal education and take up tanning to get by. With no formal musical training he began to compose, and his songs were well-loved and traveled quickly. However, due to unsubstantial copyright laws, Billings received hardly a penny from the publication of his music. After a period of fame and prosperity, his music was forgotten, and his last decade was one of decline. Married with six children, he died in poverty, though his music would be resurrected after his death and sung to this day. Laura de Jong