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French, Jacob

composer, tunebook compiler, teacher of singing


born: 15 Jul 1754 Stoughton, Massachusetts / state, USA Source: 1  

died: 00 May 1817 Simsbury, Connecticut / state, USA Source: 1  

The Music Sack has 19 items with information about Jacob French:


 1988

Devenney, David P.
Early American choral music : an annotated guide
By David P. DeVenney
Berkeley, California: Fallen Leaf Press, 1988, 149 p.

Number of People : 32


 1987

Jones, Daniel
A Reappraisal of Jacob French, American Psalmodist.
Sonneck Society Bulletin 13/3 (Fall 1987): 87-90.

Number of People : 1


 1986 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1981

Jablonski, Edward
The encyclopedia of American music
New York: Doubleday, 1981, 629 p.

Number of People : 37


 1981

Gleason, Harold
Early American music : music in America from 1620 to 1920
Bloomington, Indiana: Frangipani Press, 1981
      (Series: Music Literature Outlines: Series III)

Number of People : 129


 1980

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1970

Biographical sketches

p. 293 In:
Hixon, D.L.
Music in early America
A bibliography of music in Evans
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970, 607 p.

Number of People : 177


 1966

Daniel, Ralph T.
The anthem in New England before 1800
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1966

Number of People : 30


 1965

Mangler, Joyce Ellen
Rhode island music and musicians
Detroit: Information Service Inc., 1965
      (Series: Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography; 7)

Number of People : 398

More Details : (1 Section)


 1964

Genuchi, Marvin Charles
The Life and Music of Jacob French (1754-1817), Colonial American Composer.
State University of Iowa. 1964. Ph.D. 2 vols., 307p.
  - Dissertation Abstracts International: 25/2 (August 1964): 1247-48
  - Microfilm: 64-7918

Number of People : 1


 1963

Genuchi, Marvin Charles
The life and music of Jacob French (1754-1817), Colonial American Composer.
Vol. 1.2
Iowa City 1963.

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


 1963

Genuchi, Marvin Charles
The Life and Music of Jacob French (1754-1817), Colonial American Composer.
2 Bde.
State University of Iowa (Iowa City). 1963. dissertation. VII, 173 S. ; 122 S.
  - Microfilm: 64-7918

Number of People : 1


 1954

Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.

Number of People : 649

More Details : (1 Section)


 1941

Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.

Number of People : 10,576


 1940

Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940

Number of People : 6,835


 1940

Andreis, Josip
Zlatic, Slavko
MacDougall, Hamilton C.
Kunc, Karla (translator)
Early New England psalmody.
An historical appreciation 1620-1820
By Hamilton C. MacDougall, Doctor of Music, Brown University ...
Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, [c1940]

Number of People : 18


 1925

Metcalf, Frank Johnson
American writers and compilers of sacred music
New York: Russell & Russell, 1925, 373 p.

Number of People : 89


 1896

Miss Myrta French, American Prima Donna
American Art Journal, 66, 1896, p. 321-22

Number of People : 1


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