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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 17 March 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island
'''Born:''' 17 March 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island
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*[[New Haven (Stephen Jenks)|How pleased and blest was I]]
*[[New Haven (Stephen Jenks)|How pleased and blest was I]]
*[[Windsor New (Stephen Jenks)|How pleased and blest was I]]
*[[Windsor New (Stephen Jenks)|How pleased and blest was I]]
*[[Variety (Stephen Jenks)|How shall I praise the eternal God]]
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*[[Variety (Stephen Jenks)|How shall I praise the eternal God]]
*[[Sweet Prospect (Stephen Jenks)|How tedious and tasteless the hours]]
*[[Sweet Prospect (Stephen Jenks)|How tedious and tasteless the hours]]
*[[Tolland (Stephen Jenks)|I'll praise by maker with my breath]]
*[[Tolland (Stephen Jenks)|I'll praise by maker with my breath]]
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*[[Sweet Farewell (Stephen Jenks)|Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing]]
*[[Sweet Farewell (Stephen Jenks)|Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing]]
*[[Armenia (Stephen Jenks)|Lord of the worlds above]]
*[[Armenia (Stephen Jenks)|Lord of the worlds above]]
*[[Pleasant Valley (Stephen Jenks)|Lord of the worlds above]]
*[[Confession (Stephen Jenks)|Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin]]
*[[Confession (Stephen Jenks)|Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin]]
*[[Weeping Nature (Stephen Jenks)|Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes]]
*[[Weeping Nature (Stephen Jenks)|Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes]]
*[[Decay (Stephen Jenks)|My days are as the grass]]
*[[Decay (Stephen Jenks)|My days are as the grass]]
*[[Delight (Stephen Jenks)|My Savior and my King]]
*[[New Suffield (Stephen Jenks)|My sorrows, like a flood]]
*[[New Suffield (Stephen Jenks)|My sorrows, like a flood]]
*[[North Salem (Stephen Jenks)|My soul, come meditate the day]]
*[[North Salem (Stephen Jenks)|My soul, come meditate the day]]
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*[[Fading Nature (Stephen Jenks)|Thousands of journeys, night and day]]
*[[Fading Nature (Stephen Jenks)|Thousands of journeys, night and day]]
*[[Dartmouth (Stephen Jenks)|To bring the glorious news]]
*[[Dartmouth (Stephen Jenks)|To bring the glorious news]]
*[[Poundridge (Stephen Jenks)|To our Almighty Maker, God]]
*[[Mount Vernon Hymn (Stephen Jenks)|What solemn sounds the ear invade]]
*[[Mount Vernon Hymn (Stephen Jenks)|What solemn sounds the ear invade]]
*[[Majesty (Stephen Jenks)|When God, our leader, shines in arms]]
*[[Majesty (Stephen Jenks)|When God, our leader, shines in arms]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*Jenks, Stephen. 1799. ''The New-England Harmonist''. Danbury, Connecticut: Douglas and Nichols. 24 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1799. ''{{NoComp|The New England Harmonist|Stephen Jenks}}''. Danbury, Connecticut: Douglas and Nichols. 24 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1800a. ''The Musical Harmonist''. New Haven, Connecticut: Amos Doolittle. 24 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1800a. ''{{NoComp|The Musical Harmonist|Stephen Jenks}}''. New Haven, Connecticut: Amos Doolittle. 24 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1800b. ''The New-England Harmonist and The Musical Harmonist''. 64 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1800b. ''{{NoComp|The New England Harmonist|Stephen Jenks}} and {{NoComp|The Musical Harmonist|Stephen Jenks}}''. 64 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen; and Elijah Griswold. 1803. ''The American Compiler of Sacred Harmony, Number 1''. Northampton, Massachusetts: Compiler. 64 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen; and Elijah Griswold. 1803. ''{{NoComp|The American Compiler|Stephen Jenks}} of Sacred Harmony, Number 1''. Northampton, Massachusetts: Compilers. 64 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1804. ''The Delights of Harmony''. New Haven, Connecticut: Editor. 68 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1804. ''{{NoComp|The Delights of Harmony|Stephen Jenks}}''. New Haven, Connecticut: Editor. 68 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1805. ''The Delights of Harmony, or The Norfolk Compiler''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 95 pp. Additional music on pp. 96-112.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1805. ''{{NoComp|The Delights of Harmony, or Norfolk Compiler|Stephen Jenks}}''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 95 pp. Additional music on pp. 96-112.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1806. ''The Delights of Harmony, or the Union Compiler''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 48 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1806. ''{{NoComp|The Delights of Harmony, or Union Compiler|Stephen Jenks}}''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 48 pp.
*Griswold, Elijah; Stephen Jenks; and John C. Frisbie. 1807. ''The Hartford Collection of Sacred Harmony''. Hartford, Connecticut: Lincoln and Gleason. 72 pp.  
*Griswold, Elijah; Stephen Jenks; and John C. Frisbie. 1807. ''{{NoComp|The Hartford Collection of Sacred Harmony|Griswold, Jenks, Frisbie}}''. Hartford, Connecticut: Lincoln and Gleason. 72 pp.  
*Jenks, Stephen. 1810. ''The Royal Harmony of Zion Complete''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 40 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1810. ''{{NoComp|The Royal Harmony of Zion Complete|Stephen Jenks}}''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 40 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1811. ''The Christian Harmony''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 39 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1811. ''{{NoComp|The Christian Harmony|Stephen Jenks}}''. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 39 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1818. ''The Harmony of Zion''. Dedham, Massachusetts: Daniel Mann. 79 pp.
*Jenks, Stephen. 1818. ''{{NoComp|The Harmony of Zion|Stephen Jenks}}''. Dedham, Massachusetts: Daniel Mann. 79 pp.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:17, 26 October 2019

Life

Born: 17 March 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island

Died: 3 June 1856

Biography:
Stephen Jenks was an American composer, compiler, and teacher. He moved often, finally settling in Thompson, Ohio in 1829. Between 1799 and 1810 he authored and coauthored more than ten printed collections of sacred and secular music; after moving to Ohio, he became a farmer and a maker of percussion instruments.

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List of choral works

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Publications

References

  • Britton, Allen P.; Irving Lowens; and Richard Crawford. 1990. American Sacred Music Imprints 1698-1810: A Bibliography. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society. 798 pp.
  • Steel, David Warren, Editor. 1995. Stephen Jenks: Collected Works. Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 407 pp.
  • Steel, David Warren; and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois. 322 pp.

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