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Jeremiah Ingalls (March 1, 1764 – April 6, 1838) was an early North- American composer, considered a part of the First New England School.
*Northfield
*Christian Song
*New Jerusalem
*Fillmore
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* Music in Massachusett
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingalls, Jeremiah 1764 births 1838 deaths American male composers American Protestant hymnwriters People excommunicated by Congregationalist churches Shape note People from Rochester, Vermont People from Andover, Massachusetts People from Newbury, Vermont Songwriters from Massachusetts Songwriters from Vermont Deacons Classical composers of church music 18th-century American composers 18th-century American male composers 18th-century American male musicians American choral composers 19th-century American composers 19th-century American male musicians American male songwriters
Biography
Jeremiah Ingalls was born inAndover, Massachusetts
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, in 1764. When he was thirteen, his father, Abijah Ingalls, died of hardships suffered during the American Revolutionary War
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. In 1791, Ingalls married Mary Bigelow of Westminster, Massachusetts, and while living in Vermont worked variously as a farmer, cooper
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, tavern
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er and choirmaster
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. Ingalls served as the choirmaster at the Congregational Church
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in Newbury, Vermont from 1791 to 1805, and the choir gained a reputation attracting many people from the surrounding area. In 1805 Ingalls published ''The Christian Harmony''. Ingalls served as a deacon in the church, but in 1810, he was excommunicated from that congregation. In 1819 he moved to Rochester, Vermont
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and then Hancock, Vermont. Ingalls was described as short and corpulent with a high voice and an advanced skill at the bass viol
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. Many of Ingalls' family members were also known for their musical ability. Ingalls died in Hancock, Vermont
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, in 1838, aged 74.
List of tunes
*Northfield
*Christian Song
*New Jerusalem
*Fillmore
*Apple Tree
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*Redemption
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page 254; first appeared in Abraham Maxim's ''The Northern Harmony'' (1808).
Publications
*''The Christian Harmony''; or, ''Songster's Companion'', Jeremiah Ingalls, (Exeter, NH, Henry Ranlet, 1805) **"Connexion" and Jeremiah Ingalls Society Bicentennial Edition, 1805–2005 of ''The Christian Harmony'' or ''Songster's Companion'', Thomas B. Malone, ed. This four-shape version, published for the Jeremiah Ingalls Society Bicentennial Singing in Newbury, Vermont, is increasingly in use in New England singings.References
Further reading
* *External links
* * Annual July singing in Newbury, Vt., from Ingalls' ''Christian Harmony''home page
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* Music in Massachusett
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingalls, Jeremiah 1764 births 1838 deaths American male composers American Protestant hymnwriters People excommunicated by Congregationalist churches Shape note People from Rochester, Vermont People from Andover, Massachusetts People from Newbury, Vermont Songwriters from Massachusetts Songwriters from Vermont Deacons Classical composers of church music 18th-century American composers 18th-century American male composers 18th-century American male musicians American choral composers 19th-century American composers 19th-century American male musicians American male songwriters