BABEL'S STREAMS (Jenks)

BABEL'S STREAMS (Jenks)

Composer: Stephen Jenks
Published in 2 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: Stephen Jenks

Born: March 17, 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island. Died: June 3, 1856, Thompson, Ohio. Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Ohio. During his life, Jenks moved from town to town, living in Ridgefield and New Canaan, Connecticut; Pound Ridge, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island; finally settling in Thompson, Ohio, in 1829. After moving to Ohio, he became a farmer and a maker of percussion instruments. His works include: The New-England Harmonist (Danbury, Connecticut, 1799) The Musical Harmonist (New Haven, Connecticut, 1800. The American Compiler, with Elijah Griswold (Northampton, Massachusetts, 1803) The Delights of Harmony (New Haven, Connecticut, 1804) The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler (Dedha… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: BABEL'S STREAMS (Jenks)
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 11765 43455 65434
Key: e minor or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Six Preludes on Old Southern Hymns Set 2
    Composer/Editor Gardner Read
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1963) pp. 1

Instances

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The Sacred Harp #126

Include 1 pre-1979 instance
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