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'''Samuel Babcock''' (February 18, 1760 – November 23, 1813) was an American composer of sacred music. | |||
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== Biography == | |||
Babcock was an early American composer of sacred music. He was born in [[wikipedia:Milton, Massachusetts|Milton, Massachusetts]], and spent most of his working life as a hatter in [[wikipedia:Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]]. In March 1813, he enlisted in the artillery company under [[wikipedia:Rufus McIntire|Rufus McIntire]] (in the [[wikipedia:War of 1812|War of 1812]]): he died in November of the same year from a fever, at French Mills, New York. | |||
''' | Babcock's musical works were mainly published in his own collection ''The Middlesex Harmony'': the first edition of this work was published in 1795, and an enlarged second edition was published in 1803. In addition, some of Babcock's music was published in collections compiled by others, including [[Daniel Belknap]]'s ''The Evangelical Harmony'' (1800). | ||
== List of choral works == | |||
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=== LISTED BY TITLE === | |||
=== 1. Psalm-Tunes === | |||
===LISTED BY TITLE=== | |||
===1. Psalm-Tunes=== | |||
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===3. Set Pieces=== | |||
=== 3. Set Pieces === | |||
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===2. Anthems=== | |||
=== 2. Anthems === | |||
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*[[Auspicious Morn (Samuel Babcock)|Again the Lord of life and light]] | * [[Auspicious Morn (Samuel Babcock)|Again the Lord of life and light]] | ||
*[[Minorca (Samuel Babcock)|Almighty King of heaven above]] | * [[Minorca (Samuel Babcock)|Almighty King of heaven above]] | ||
*[[Resignation (Samuel Babcock)|Behold the Savior of mankind]] | * [[Resignation (Samuel Babcock)|Behold the Savior of mankind]] | ||
*[[Consecration (Samuel Babcock)|Change me, O God, my flesh shall be]] | * [[Consecration (Samuel Babcock)|Change me, O God, my flesh shall be]] | ||
*[[Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people (Samuel Babcock)|Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people]] | * [[Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people (Samuel Babcock)|Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people]] | ||
*[[Rama (Samuel Babcock)|Dost thou my earthly comforts slay]] | * [[Rama (Samuel Babcock)|Dost thou my earthly comforts slay]] | ||
*[[Humility (Samuel Babcock)|God of my life, look gently down]] | * [[Humility (Samuel Babcock)|God of my life, look gently down]] | ||
*[[Charity (Samuel Babcock)|Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews]] | * [[Charity (Samuel Babcock)|Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews]] | ||
*[[Horeb (Samuel Babcock)|Hearts of stone, relent, relent]] | * [[Horeb (Samuel Babcock)|Hearts of stone, relent, relent]] | ||
*[[Christian's Hope (Samuel Babcock)|Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims]] | * [[Christian's Hope (Samuel Babcock)|Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims]] | ||
*[[Medford (Samuel Babcock)|Hosanna to the King]] | * [[Medford (Samuel Babcock)|Hosanna to the King]] | ||
*[[Placentia (Samuel Babcock)|How tedious and tasteless the hours]] | * [[Placentia (Samuel Babcock)|How tedious and tasteless the hours]] | ||
*[[Palmer (Samuel Babcock)|I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice]] | * [[Palmer (Samuel Babcock)|I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice]] | ||
*[[Florence (Samuel Babcock)|Immense compassion reigns]] | * [[Florence (Samuel Babcock)|Immense compassion reigns]] | ||
*[[Delaware (Samuel Babcock)|In awful state the conquering God]] | * [[Delaware (Samuel Babcock)|In the awful state the conquering God]] | ||
*[[Crete (Samuel Babcock)|In deep distress I oft have cried]] | * [[Crete (Samuel Babcock)|In deep distress I oft have cried]] | ||
*[[Lexington (Samuel Babcock)|Indulgent God! with pitying eye]] | * [[Lexington (Samuel Babcock)|Indulgent God! with pitying eye]] | ||
*[[Admiration (Samuel Babcock)|Infinite grace! almighty charms]] | * [[Admiration (Samuel Babcock)|Infinite grace! almighty charms]] | ||
*[[Caledonia (Samuel Babcock)|I will praise thee every day]] | * [[Caledonia (Samuel Babcock)|I will praise thee every day]] | ||
*[[Springfield (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus drinks the bitter cup]] | * [[Springfield (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus drinks the bitter cup]] | ||
*[[Ashford (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus | * [[Ashford (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus becomes at length]] | ||
*[[Watertown (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus! my shepherd and my friend]] | * [[Watertown (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus! my shepherd and my friend]] | ||
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*[[Weston (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus, the Savior stands]] | * [[Weston (Samuel Babcock)|Jesus, the Savior stands]] | ||
*[[Lubec (Samuel Babcock)|Let all our tongues be one]] | * [[Lubec (Samuel Babcock)|Let all our tongues be one]] | ||
*[[Pomfret (Samuel Babcock)|Let everlasting glories crown]] | * [[Pomfret (Samuel Babcock)|Let everlasting glories crown]] | ||
*[[Resolution (Samuel Babcock)|Let sinners take their course]] | * [[Resolution (Samuel Babcock)|Let sinners take their course]] | ||
*[[Omicron (Samuel Babcock)|Let us love, and sing, and wonder]] | * [[Omicron (Samuel Babcock)|Let us love, and sing, and wonder]] | ||
*[[Sabbath (Samuel Babcock)|Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows]] | * [[Sabbath (Samuel Babcock)|Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows]] | ||
*[[Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place (Samuel Babcock)|Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place]] | * [[Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place (Samuel Babcock)|Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place]] | ||
*[[Wrentham (Samuel Babcock)|Methinks I hear the heavens resound]] | * [[Wrentham (Samuel Babcock)|Methinks I hear the heavens resound]] | ||
*[[Milton (Samuel Babcock)|My flesh shall slumber in the ground]] | * [[Milton (Samuel Babcock)|My flesh shall slumber in the ground]] | ||
*[[Dorchester (Samuel Babcock)|My God, permit me not to be]] | * [[Dorchester (Samuel Babcock)|My God, permit me not to be]] | ||
*[[Andover (Samuel Babcock)|My Redeemer, let me be]] | * [[Andover (Samuel Babcock)|My Redeemer, let me be]] | ||
*[[Newton (Samuel Babcock)|My Savior God, no voice but thine]] | * [[Newton (Samuel Babcock)|My Savior God, no voice but thine]] | ||
*[[China (Samuel Babcock)|Nature, with all her powers, shall sing]] | * [[China (Samuel Babcock)|Nature, with all her powers, shall sing]] | ||
*[[Norfolk (Samuel Babcock)|Now for a tune of lofty praise]] | * [[Norfolk (Samuel Babcock)|Now for a tune of lofty praise]] | ||
*[[Crucifixion (Samuel Babcock)|Now let our mournful songs record]] | * [[Crucifixion (Samuel Babcock)|Now let our mournful songs record]] | ||
*[[Smyrna (Samuel Babcock)|Now let the Lord my Savior smile]] | * [[Smyrna (Samuel Babcock)|Now let the Lord my Savior smile]] | ||
*[[Waltham (Samuel Babcock)|Now to the power of God supreme]] | * [[Waltham (Samuel Babcock)|Now to the power of God supreme]] | ||
*[[O come let us sing unto the Lord (Samuel Babcock)|O come let us sing unto the Lord]] | * [[O come let us sing unto the Lord (Samuel Babcock)|O come let us sing unto the Lord]] | ||
*[[Stratton (Samuel Babcock)|O magnify the Lord with me]] | * [[Stratton (Samuel Babcock)|O magnify the Lord with me]] | ||
*[[Truro (Samuel Babcock)|O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice]] | * [[Truro (Samuel Babcock)|O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice]] | ||
*[[Needham (Samuel Babcock)|O tell me no more of this world's vain store]] | * [[Needham (Samuel Babcock)|O tell me no more of this world's vain store]] | ||
*[[Morning Hymn (Samuel Babcock)|Once more, my soul, the rising day]] | * [[Morning Hymn (Samuel Babcock)|Once more, my soul, the rising day]] | ||
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*[[Intercession (Samuel Babcock)|Pardon and grace and boundless love]] | * [[Intercession (Samuel Babcock)|Pardon and grace and boundless love]] | ||
*[[Elevation (Samuel Babcock)|Raise your triumphant songs]] | * [[Elevation (Samuel Babcock)|Raise your triumphant songs]] | ||
*[[Remember now, remember thy Creator (Samuel Babcock)|Remember now, remember thy Creator]] | * [[Remember now, remember thy Creator (Samuel Babcock)|Remember now, remember thy Creator]] | ||
*[[Hamburg (Samuel Babcock)|Rise, says the Prince of mercy, rise]] | * [[Hamburg (Samuel Babcock)|Rise, says the Prince of mercy, rise]] | ||
*[[Nativity (Samuel Babcock)|Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes]] | * [[Nativity (Samuel Babcock)|Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes]] | ||
*[[Christmas (Samuel Babcock)|Shout, shout for joy, rejoice, O earth]] | * [[Christmas (Samuel Babcock)|Shout, shout for joy, rejoice, O earth]] | ||
*[[Flanders (Samuel Babcock)|Since I have placed my trust in God]] | * [[Flanders (Samuel Babcock)|Since I have placed my trust in God]] | ||
*[[North Kingston (Samuel Babcock)|Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name]] | * [[North Kingston (Samuel Babcock)|Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name]] | ||
*[[Westborough (Samuel Babcock)|Sing to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts]] | * [[Westborough (Samuel Babcock)|Sing to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts]] | ||
*[[Babel (Samuel Babcock)|Sitting by the streams that glide]] | * [[Babel (Samuel Babcock)|Sitting by the streams that glide]] | ||
*[[Warren (Samuel Babcock)|Sleep! downy sleep! come close my eyes]] | * [[Warren (Samuel Babcock)|Sleep! downy sleep! come close my eyes]] | ||
*[[Dissolution (Samuel Babcock)|Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise]] | * [[Dissolution (Samuel Babcock)|Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise]] | ||
*[[Stowe (Samuel Babcock)|The birds without barn]] | * [[Stowe (Samuel Babcock)|The birds without barn]] | ||
*[[Sunday (Samuel Babcock)|This day is God's, let all the land]] | * [[Sunday (Samuel Babcock)|This day is God's, let all the land]] | ||
*[[Wilmington (Samuel Babcock)|Tis God that lifts our comforts high]] | * [[Wilmington (Samuel Babcock)|Tis God that lifts our comforts high]] | ||
*[[Lima (Samuel Babcock)|To God the only wise]] | * [[Lima (Samuel Babcock)|To God the only wise]] | ||
*[[Menotomy (Samuel Babcock)|To Jesus, our exalted Lord]] | * [[Menotomy (Samuel Babcock)|To Jesus, our exalted Lord]] | ||
*[[Gratitude (Samuel Babcock)|What shall I render to my God]] | * [[Gratitude (Samuel Babcock)|What shall I render to my God]] | ||
*[[Ephrathah (Samuel Babcock)|While shepherds watched their flocks by night]] | * [[Ephrathah (Samuel Babcock)|While shepherds watched their flocks by night]] | ||
*[[Cambridge (Samuel Babcock)|With one consent let all the earth]] | * [[Cambridge (Samuel Babcock)|With one consent let all the earth]] | ||
*[[Vienna (Samuel Babcock)|Ye boundless realms of joy]] | * [[Vienna (Samuel Babcock)|Ye boundless realms of joy]] | ||
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== Publications == | |||
==Publications== | * Babcock, Samuel. 1795. ''[[The Middlesex Harmony (Samuel Babcock)|The Middlesex Harmony]], Being an Original Composition of Sacred Music in Three and Four Parts''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 56 pp. | ||
*Babcock, Samuel. 1795. ''[[The Middlesex Harmony (Samuel Babcock)|The Middlesex Harmony]], Being an Original Composition of Sacred Music in Three and Four Parts''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 56 pp. | * Babcock, Samuel. 1803. ''[[The Middlesex Harmony (Samuel Babcock)|The Middlesex Harmony]]'', Second Edition. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 110 pp. | ||
*Babcock, Samuel. 1803. ''[[The Middlesex Harmony (Samuel Babcock)|The Middlesex Harmony]]'', Second Edition. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 110 pp. | |||
==References== | == References == | ||
*Sampsel, Laurie J., Editor. 1999. ''Samuel Babcock (ca. 1760-1813): The Collected Works''. Garland Publishing, 184 pp. Reprinted 2014 by Routledge, New York. | * Sampsel, Laurie J., Editor. 1999. ''Samuel Babcock (ca. 1760-1813): The Collected Works''. Garland Publishing, 184 pp. Reprinted 2014 by Routledge, New York. | ||
*Sampsel, Laurie J. 2009. ''Samuel Babcock (1760-1813), Archetypal Psalmodist of the First New England School of Composers''. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 430 pp. | * Sampsel, Laurie J. 2009. ''Samuel Babcock (1760-1813), Archetypal Psalmodist of the First New England School of Composers''. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 430 pp. | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*[http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Middlesex_Harmony_(Babcock,_Samuel) Scans of Babcock 1795 and 1803 at IMSLP] | * [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Middlesex_Harmony_(Babcock,_Samuel) Scans of Babcock 1795 and 1803 at IMSLP] | ||
*[http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8543/1/LJSampselDissertation2009.pdf pdf of Sampsel 2009] | * [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8543/1/LJSampselDissertation2009.pdf pdf of Sampsel 2009] | ||
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Revision as of 21:20, 30 December 2019
Samuel Babcock (February 18, 1760 – November 23, 1813) was an American composer of sacred music.
Biography
Babcock was an early American composer of sacred music. He was born in Milton, Massachusetts, and spent most of his working life as a hatter in Watertown. In March 1813, he enlisted in the artillery company under Rufus McIntire (in the War of 1812): he died in November of the same year from a fever, at French Mills, New York.
Babcock's musical works were mainly published in his own collection The Middlesex Harmony: the first edition of this work was published in 1795, and an enlarged second edition was published in 1803. In addition, some of Babcock's music was published in collections compiled by others, including Daniel Belknap's The Evangelical Harmony (1800).
List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Samuel Babcock compositions
LISTED BY TITLE
1. Psalm-Tunes
- Andover (Samuel Babcock)
- Babel (Samuel Babcock)
- Caledonia (Samuel Babcock)
- China (Samuel Babcock)
- Consecration (Samuel Babcock)
- Crete (Samuel Babcock)
- Elevation (Samuel Babcock)
- Flanders (Samuel Babcock)
- Florence (Samuel Babcock)
- Gratitude (Samuel Babcock)
- Horeb (Samuel Babcock)
- Humility (Samuel Babcock)
- Medford (Samuel Babcock)
- Minorca (Samuel Babcock)
- Needham (Samuel Babcock)
- Omicron (Samuel Babcock)
- Palmer (Samuel Babcock)
- Placentia (Samuel Babcock)
- Pomfret (Samuel Babcock)
- Rama (Samuel Babcock)
- Resolution (Samuel Babcock)
- Stowe (Samuel Babcock)
- Stratton (Samuel Babcock)
- Truro (Samuel Babcock)
- Vienna (Samuel Babcock)
- Wilmington (Samuel Babcock)
3. Set Pieces
- Ashford (Samuel Babcock)
- Auspicious Morn (Samuel Babcock)
- Cambridge (Samuel Babcock)
- Charity (Samuel Babcock)
- Christian's Hope (Samuel Babcock)
- Christmas (Samuel Babcock)
- Crucifixion (Samuel Babcock)
- Delaware (Samuel Babcock)
- Dissolution (Samuel Babcock)
- Dorchester (Samuel Babcock)
- Ephrathah (Samuel Babcock)
- Hamburg (Samuel Babcock)
- Intercession (Samuel Babcock)
- Lexington (Samuel Babcock)
- Lima (Samuel Babcock)
- Lubec (Samuel Babcock)
- Menotomy (Samuel Babcock)
- Milton (Samuel Babcock)
- Morning Hymn (Samuel Babcock)
- Nativity (Samuel Babcock)
- Newton (Samuel Babcock)
- Norfolk (Samuel Babcock)
- North Kingston (Samuel Babcock)
- Resignation (Samuel Babcock)
- Sabbath (Samuel Babcock)
- Smyrna (Samuel Babcock)
- Sunday (Samuel Babcock)
- Waltham (Samuel Babcock)
- Watertown (Samuel Babcock)
- Weston (Samuel Babcock)
2. Anthems
LISTED BY FIRST LINE
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
- Babcock, Samuel. 1795. The Middlesex Harmony, Being an Original Composition of Sacred Music in Three and Four Parts. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 56 pp.
- Babcock, Samuel. 1803. The Middlesex Harmony, Second Edition. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 110 pp.
References
- Sampsel, Laurie J., Editor. 1999. Samuel Babcock (ca. 1760-1813): The Collected Works. Garland Publishing, 184 pp. Reprinted 2014 by Routledge, New York.
- Sampsel, Laurie J. 2009. Samuel Babcock (1760-1813), Archetypal Psalmodist of the First New England School of Composers. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 430 pp.