William Billings54

tanner and leather trader

part of the American Revolutionary Movement

• along with Boston Leaders Samuel Adams and Paul Revere

was self-taught

cared about the music education of others: taught public school and church music 

wrote philosophy of music

• fundamentals and performance practices

wrote 6 collections of music, 52 anthems, 51 fuging tunes, 4 canons and 230 hymns (Kittery is the most famous, Jargon and Modern Music contained more humorous dissonance)