Stephen Jenks
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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 1804
- North Salem 1799
- Confession 1803
- Redemption 1803
- Mount Calvary 1803
- New Haven 1807
- Tuneful Harp 1806
- Religion 1804
- Repose 1804
- Newburyport 1804
- Norwalk 1804
- Mount Olivet 1805
- Danville 1805
- Decay 1805
- Dartmouth 1803
- Tolland 1803
- Wintonbury 1803
- New Dedham 1805
- Weeping Nature 1805
- New Suffield 1805
- Sweet Farewell 1805
- New Hartford 1803
- Trinity 1803
- Columbus 1805
- Evening Shade 1805
- Newington 1805
- Fading Nature 1807
- Strong Hope 1818
- Armenia 1803
- Orange 1803
- Bedford 1803
- New Greenfield 1807
- Somers 1800
- Sunderland 1800
- Glad Tidings 1807
- Edington 1803
- Alarm 1803
- Sorrow's Tear 1805
- Sweet Prospect 1805
- Adieu 1818
- Pleasure 1818
- Hampton 1818
- Compassion 1818
- Prussia 1818
- Triumph 1803
- Ohio 1818
- Windsor New 1803
- Mount Vernon Hymn 1802
- Washington 1800
- Columbia 1800
- Canaan 1799
- Majesty 1799
- Salem 1799
- Fair Haven 1799
- Meditation 1800
- Curiosity 1799
- Harmony 1800
- Wilton 1799
- Variety 1799
- Woodbridge 1799
- Franklin 1800
- Pleasant Valley 1800
- Delight 1800
- Poundridge 1800
2. Anthems
3. Secular Songs
- Liberty 1800
- Sorrow's Tear 1805
- Genius 1799
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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 Norfolk Compiler. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 95 pp. Additional music on pp. 96-112.
- Jenks, Stephen. 1806. The Delights of Harmony, or 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.