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'''Born:''' 17 March 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island | '''Born:''' 17 March 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island | ||
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Life
Born: 17 March 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island
Died: 3 June 1856, Ellington, Connecticut
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
LISTED BY TITLE
1.Psalm-Tunes
- Goshen (Stephen Jenks)
- North Salem (Stephen Jenks)
- Confession (Stephen Jenks)
- Redemption (Stephen Jenks)
- Mount Calvary (Stephen Jenks)
- New Haven (Stephen Jenks)
- Tuneful Harp (Stephen Jenks)
- Religion (Stephen Jenks)
- Repose (Stephen Jenks)
- Newburyport (Stephen Jenks)
- Norwalk (Stephen Jenks)
- Mount Olivet (Stephen Jenks)
- Danville (Stephen Jenks)
- Decay (Stephen Jenks)
- Dartmouth (Stephen Jenks)
- Tolland (Stephen Jenks)
- Wintonbury (Stephen Jenks)
- New Dedham (Stephen Jenks)
- Weeping Nature (Stephen Jenks)
- New Suffield (Stephen Jenks)
- Sweet Farewell (Stephen Jenks)
- New Hartford (Stephen Jenks)
- Trinity (Stephen Jenks)
- Columbus (Stephen Jenks)
- Evening Shade (Stephen Jenks)
- Newington (Stephen Jenks)
- Fading Nature (Stephen Jenks)
- Strong Hope (Stephen Jenks)
- Armenia (Stephen Jenks)
- Orange (Stephen Jenks)
- Bedford (Stephen Jenks)
- New Greenfield (Stephen Jenks)
- Somers (Stephen Jenks)
- Sunderland (Stephen Jenks)
- Glad Tidings (Stephen Jenks)
- Edington (Stephen Jenks)
- Alarm (Stephen Jenks)
- Sorrow's Tear (Stephen Jenks)
- Sweet Prospect (Stephen Jenks)
- Adieu (Stephen Jenks)
- Pleasure (Stephen Jenks)
- Hampton (Stephen Jenks)
- Compassion (Stephen Jenks)
- Prussia (Stephen Jenks)
- Triumph (Stephen Jenks)
- Ohio (Stephen Jenks)
- Windsor New (Stephen Jenks)
- Mount Vernon Hymn (Stephen Jenks)
- Washington (Stephen Jenks)
- Columbia (Stephen Jenks)
- Canaan (Stephen Jenks)
- Majesty (Stephen Jenks)
- Salem (Stephen Jenks)
- Fair Haven (Stephen Jenks)
- Meditation (Stephen Jenks)
- Curiosity (Stephen Jenks)
- Harmony (Stephen Jenks)
- Wilton (Stephen Jenks)
- Variety (Stephen Jenks)
- Woodbridge (Stephen Jenks)
- Franklin (Stephen Jenks)
- Pleasant Valley (Stephen Jenks)
- Delight (Stephen Jenks)
- Poundridge (Stephen Jenks)
2. Anthems
3. Secular Songs
LISTED BY FIRST LINE
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Publications
- Jenks, Stephen. 1799. The New-England Harmonist. Danbury, Connecticut: Douglas and Nichols. 24 pp.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1800a. The Musical Harmonist. New Haven, Connecticut: Amos Doolittle. 24 pp.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1800b. The New-England Harmonist and The Musical Harmonist. 64 pp.
- Jenks, Stephen; and Elijah Griswold. 1803. The American Compiler of Sacred Harmony, Number 1. Northampton, Massachusetts: Compiler. 64 pp.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1804. The Delights of Harmony. 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. 1806. The Delights of Harmony, or the Union Compiler. 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.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1810. The Royal Harmony of Zion Complete. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 40 pp.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1811. The Christian Harmony. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 39 pp.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1818. The Harmony of Zion. Dedham, Massachusetts: Daniel Mann. 79 pp.
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.