Stephen Jenks

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

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Stephen Jenks compositions

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

• Anthem for Thanksgiving (Stephen Jenks)

3. Secular Songs

• Liberty (Stephen Jenks)
• Sorrow's Tear (Stephen Jenks)
• Genius (Stephen Jenks)

 

LISTED BY FIRST LINE

Alas! and did my Savior bleed Alas, the brittle clay Alas, the cruel spear Before the rosy dawn of day Behold, the Judge descends, his guards are nigh Come, let us sing a new made song Come, sound his praise abroad Come, thou almighty King Death, like an overflowing flood Descend from heaven, immortal Dove Did Christ for sinners die Early, my God, without delay Far from our friends and country dear Fear not, said he, for mighty dread From all that dwell below the skies Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound Hearts of stone, relent, relent He formed the deeps unknown He framed the globe, he built the sky How beauteous are their feet How pleasant 'tis to see How pleased and blest was I How pleased and blest was I How shall I praise the eternal God

How tedious and tasteless the hours I'll praise by maker with my breath In all my vast concerns with thee In every land begin the song In vain the noisy crowd I send the joys of earth away Jesus, my all, to heaven has gone Let every creature join Let every creature join Let every creature join Let party names no more Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing Lord of the worlds above Lord of the worlds above Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes My days are as the grass My Savior and my King My sorrows, like a flood My soul, come meditate the day My soul lies cleaving to the dust Nature, she shows her weeping eyes No more beneath the oppressive hand Now be still, ye boisterous passions

O come let us join O God, to whom revenge belongs Our moments fly apace Our sins, alas! How strong they be O wash my soul from every sin Revive our drooping faith Save me, O God, the swelling floods Since God is all my trust So fades the lovely, blooming flower Some walk in honor's gaudy show Sweet is the work, my God, my King Sweet spirit, if thy airy sleep The day is past and gone The God of glory sends his summons forth The Lord my Shepherd is Thousands of journeys, night and day To bring the glorious news To our Almighty Maker, God What solemn sounds the ear invade When God, our leader, shines in arms When men grow bold in wicked ways Why do we mourn departing friends

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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: Compilers. 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.

External links

• Jenks and Griswold 1803 from IMSLP
• Jenks 1805 from IMSLP
• Jenks 1818 from IMSLP
• Griswold, Jenks, and Frisbie 1807 from Archive.org