Jacob Kimball Jr. born on February 15, 1761, and died in Topsfield, Massachusetts July 24, 1826Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music By W. K. McNeil was one of the first American composers.http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline He played fife and drum in the American Revolutionary War and participated in Battle of Lexington and Bunker Hill.
List of works Invitation (1784) ("Hark! the Redeemer from on high") Sacred Harp p327 Brentwood (1800) Hesperian Harp p196 Tunbridge (1800) Hesperian Harp p88 Woburn (1793) ("Firm was my health, my day was bright") Shenandoah Harmony p407
Discography Woburn - Sweet Seraphic Fire New England Singing School Musichttp://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/1829/Jacob_Kimball_Woburn Presto Classical Music Invitation - Make A Joyful Noise: American Psalmody by American Anonymous
Tunebooks The Rural Harmony (1793) The Village Harmony (1798) The Essex Harmony (1800)
Bibliography Selected Works of Samuel Holyoke (1762–1820) and Jacob Kimball (1761–1826), eds Harry Eskew and Karl Kroeger
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