Home > T.M. Moore: Ars Musica et Poetica > The Power of Pop The Power of Pop By T.M. Moore May 24, 2002 The Prophetic Music of William Billings The name of William Billings will not mean much to contemporary Americans, but in his day, he was all the rage among pop music aficionados. Scorned by critics and ignored by serious musicians, Billings scored high in the churches and among the masses of late eighteenth-century America. The success of Billings's music in his day presents a challenge to contemporary Christian pop musicians to consider new ways of using their music in the cause of...