YONDER'S MY HOME

YONDER'S MY HOME

Composer: Nathaniel Billings
Published in 11 hymnals


Composer: Nathaniel Billings

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 s… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: YONDER'S MY HOME
Composer: Nathaniel Billings
Meter: 7.4.7.4 D
Incipit: 53156 55434 53531
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)
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Linden Harp #30

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #579

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #579

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Spiritualist Hymnal #110

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The American Vocalist #282a

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The New Jubilee Harp #139

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The New Jubilee Harp #139

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #616

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #644a

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The Tribute of Praise #644

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The Wesleyan Minstrel #78

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