EVENING SHADE (Southern Harmony)

EVENING SHADE (Southern Harmony)

Composer: Stephen Jenks (1805)
Published in 5 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: EVENING SHADE (Southern Harmony)
Composer: Stephen Jenks (1805)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 13457 17154 44345
Key: d minor/e minor or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 19 Number 5 May 1985: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1985) pp. 36

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)

The Sacred Harp #209

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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