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*[[Babylon (Jacob French)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]]
*[[Babylon (Jacob French)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]]
*[[Dissolution (Jacob French)|And is the lovely shadow fled]]
*[[Dissolution (Jacob French)|And is the lovely shadow fled]]
*[[Belgorod (Jacob French)|And now the scales have left mine eyes]]
*[[Devotion (Jacob French)|Awake, my soul, and with the sun]]
*[[Devotion (Jacob French)|Awake, my soul, and with the sun]]
*[[Preparation (Jacob French)|Be merciful, O God, to me]]
*[[Preparation (Jacob French)|Be merciful, O God, to me]]
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*[[Castle Island (Jacob French)|Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey]]
*[[Castle Island (Jacob French)|Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey]]
*[[Abyssinia (Jacob French)|Greatly beloved]]
*[[Abyssinia (Jacob French)|Greatly beloved]]
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*[[Ascension (Jacob French)|Hail the day that saw him rise]]
*[[Ascension (Jacob French)|Hail the day that saw him rise]]
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*[[Rebellion (Jacob French)|Hear, O heavens]]
*[[Rebellion (Jacob French)|Hear, O heavens]]
*[[Farmington (Jacob French)|Hence from my soul, my sins, depart]]
*[[Farmington (Jacob French)|Hence from my soul, my sins, depart]]
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*[[Merrifield (Jacob French)|No sleep nor slumber to his eyes]]
*[[Merrifield (Jacob French)|No sleep nor slumber to his eyes]]
*[[The Fall of Babylon (Jacob French)|Now after these things]]
*[[The Fall of Babylon (Jacob French)|Now after these things]]
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*[[Babel (Jacob French)|O all ye nations, praise the Lord]]
*[[Babel (Jacob French)|O all ye nations, praise the Lord]]
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*[[Persepolis (Jacob French)|O come, loud anthems let us sing]]
*[[Persepolis (Jacob French)|O come, loud anthems let us sing]]
*[[Lamentation (Jacob French)|O, if my soul were formed for woe]]
*[[Lamentation (Jacob French)|O, if my soul were formed for woe]]
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*[[Declaration (Jacob French)|Sweet is the day of sacred rest]]
*[[Declaration (Jacob French)|Sweet is the day of sacred rest]]
*[[Vanity (Jacob French)|Teach me the measure of my days]]
*[[Vanity (Jacob French)|Teach me the measure of my days]]
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*[[Italy (Jacob French)|Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man]]
*[[Italy (Jacob French)|Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man]]
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*[[Resurrection (Jacob French)|The joyful day is coming on]]
*[[Resurrection (Jacob French)|The joyful day is coming on]]
*[[Fairhaven (Jacob French)|There was an hour when Christ rejoiced]]
*[[Fairhaven (Jacob French)|There was an hour when Christ rejoiced]]

Revision as of 00:50, 16 April 2018

Life

Born: 15 July 1754, Stoughton, Massachusetts

Died: May 1817, Simsbury, Connecticut

Biography

Jacob French was an American composer, singing master, farmer, and compiler of music books in the last half of the eighteenth century, and shortly into the nineteenth. In 1774 he attended a singing school taught by William Billings in Stoughton. He served several times in the Continental Army between 1775 and 1781. He apparently was a singing school master in several towns in Massachusetts during the last part of the century. He was the compiler of three tune books, and many of his songs were printed by other compilers.

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List of choral works

LISTED BY TITLE

1. Psalm-Tunes

2. Anthems and Set-Pieces

3. Secular Songs

 

LISTED BY FIRST LINE


Publications

  • French. Jacob. 1789. The New American Melody. Boston: John Norman. 100 pp.
  • French, Jacob. 1793. The Psalmodist's Companion. Worcester, Massachusetts: Leonard Worcester and Isaiah Thomas.
  • French, Jacob. 1802. Harmony of Harmony. Northampton, Massachusetts: Andrew Wright.

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.
  • Jones, Daniel C. L. 1998. Jacob French (1754-1817): The Collected Works. New York, New York: Garland Publishing. 331 pp.

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