Jacob French

Jacob French

Jacob French born July 15, 1754 in Stoughton, Massachusetts and died in 1817. [ http://books.google.com/books?id=WlD7w91K5VwC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=jacob+french+composer&source=web&ots=FIYph2cwp7&sig=wvuhI7v77gQ3GBwdY_Eqw_CyeDc&hl=en#PPA89,M1 "American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music" By Frank J. Metcalf , Published 2007 By READ BOOKS ] He was a singing master and one of the first American composers. [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline]

Publications

*"The New American Melody" (1789)
*"The Psalmodist's Companion" (1793)
*"The Harmony of Harmony" (1802)

List of Works

*The Heavenly Vision
*Beauty
*Happiness

Discography

*"Sweet Seraphic Fire" - New England Singing School Music

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Christian Jacob (French politician) — Christian Jacob (b. 4 December 1959 in Rozay en Brie (Seine et Marne)) was the Minister of French Civil Service in Jacques Chirac s second term as President of France.[1] Before being appointed to cabinet position in 2002, he was deputy for the… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob (disambiguation) — Jacob (died by 1st millennium BCE) was the Jewish patriarch of that name.Jacob may also be:* Jacob, Indian unit of length a.k.a. jow * Jacob (sheep) * JACOB, Jacob (software) providing Java COM bridge * Jacob (name), linguistic aspects * Jacob ,… …   Wikipedia

  • JACOB — (Heb. יַעֲקֹב ,יַעֲקוֹב), younger twin son of isaac and rebekah , third of the patriarchs of the people of Israel. His father was 60 years old at the time of Jacob s birth, which occurred after 20 years of childless marriage (Gen. 25:20, 26).… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Jacob of Serugh — ( sy. ܝܥܩܘܒ ܣܪܘܓܝܐ, unicode|Yaʿqûḇ Srûḡāyâ ; his toponym is also spelt Serug or Sarug ; c. 451 – 29 November 521) was one of the foremost Syriac poet theologians, perhaps only second in stature to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. Where his… …   Wikipedia

  • French poetry — is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.French prosody and poeticsThe modern French language does not have a significant stress accent (like… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob Truedson Demitz — Demitz at his Mae West Centenary dinner given at Berns in Stockholm, Sweden, August 17, 1993 Background information Birth name Lars Erik Jacob Ridderstedt …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob L. Devers — Jacob Loucks Devers General Jacob Jake Loucks Devers Nickname Jake …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob van Maerlant —     Jacob van Maerlant     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jacob van Maerlant     The greatest Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291. Of his life little is known. His name he seems to have derived front Maerlant on the island of …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Jacob Cohen Bakri — (born in Algiers in 1763; died Paris Nov. 23, 1836) was involved in the Fly whisk Incident which led to the French conquest of Algeria. Immensely rich, he is reported by the Jewish Encyclopedia to have been French consul in Algiers under the… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob K. Shafer — (* 26. Dezember 1823 bei Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia; † 22. November 1876 in Eureka, Nevada) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1869 und 1871 vertrat er das Idaho Territorium als Delegierter im US Repräsentantenhaus. Frühe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”