Kimball, Jacob, Jr.

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Kimball, Jacob, Jr.

Kimball, Jacob, Jr., American composer; b. Tops-field, Mass., Feb. 22, 1761; d. there, Feb. 6, 1826. In 1775 he was a drummer in the Mass, militia. He then entered Harvard Univ. (graduated, 1780). He subsequently studied law and was admitted to the bar, but soon gave up that profession for music, teaching in various New England towns. He died in an almshouse. He wrote hymns, Psalm tunes, and ‘fuguing pieces/’ in the style of Billings. He publ. 120 works, many of which appeared in the Village Harmony (Exeter, N.H., from 1800), as well as the collections Rural Harmony (Boston, 1793) and Essex Harmony (Exeter, N.H., 1800).

Bibliography

G. Wilcox, J. K. Jr. (1761–1826): His Life and Works (diss., Univ. of Southern Calif., 1957).

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