Elkanah Kelsey Dare

Elkanah Kelsey Dare was a New England Methodist minister [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S25584.htm Shape Note Hymnody] born 1782, and died 1826. He was one of the first American Composers [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline] who was responsible for shape-note compositions and publications. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=50zwZmnf01IC&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=elkanah+k+dare&source=web&ots=8YzSDGs1Xc&sig=ZTwz5Q5wqVZECtpjhLBDyHJkakU&hl=en Delaware - A Guide to the First State] By Hesperides, Hesperides Published 2007 READ BOOKS ISBN:140676230X ]

List of Works

*"Kedron" (1799) [http://www.bethel.edu/~rhomar/TunePages/Kedron.html Score]
*"Road's Town" (1813) [http://www.shapenote.net/berkley/277.jpg[http://www.shapenote.net/berkley/Road's%20Town.mid Score] MIDI]
*"Babylonian Captivity" (1813) [http://www.shapenote.net/berkley/266.jpgScore]

Discography

*"Babylonian Captivity" - "I Am The Rose Of Sharon" - Early American Vocal Music Vol 1 CD

References