Walter Janes

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Life

Born: 27 January 1779, Brimfield, Massachusetts

Died: 24 July 1827, Ashford, Connecticut

Biography

Composer, teacher, and performer of music, poet, inventor. Married Cynthia Richards. Moved 1807-1810 from Dedham, Massachusetts, to Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. Led the music at laying of the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument. A prominent Mason. Between 1810 and 1826 he received patents for improved looms, improved wagon springs, machine for weaving, machine for shelling corn, and machine for bending wheel tires. The patent for improved looms was apparently of some interest to President Thomas Jefferson, but Janes received little profit from his inventions.

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List of choral works

List by Title

1. Psalm-Tunes

Burlington Celebration Connexion Content

Crucifixion Despair Despondency Devotion New

Dissolution Exaltation Extollation Funeral Hymn

Hosanna Lamentation Majesty Precept

Repentance Solitude St. Albans Tribulation

Victory

2. Anthems and Set-Pieces

Invocation for Thanksgiving

Praise to the Redeemer

3. Secular Works No works currently available

List by First Line

Angels, roll the rock away As on some lonely building's top As on some lonely building's top Awake the trumpet's piercing sound Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove Come, let is join our cheerful songs Death, like an overflowing stream Gabriel, the herald of the skies

How pleased and blest was I Jesus shall reign where-e'er the sun Life is a span, a fleeting hour Loud hallelujahs to the Lord Mighty God, while angels bless thee Now in the heat of youthful blood Now let our mournful songs record Now shall my head be lifted high Oft have I sat in secret sighs

O God of grace and righteousness Our moments fly apace Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive Since God is all my trust The Lord Jehovah reigns This is the glorious day When we, our wearied limbs to rest Ye sons of men, with joy record

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Publications

• Janes, Walter. 1803. The Massachusetts Harmony, Consecrated to Devotion. Boston: Manning and Loring. 128 pp.
• Janes, Walter. 1807. The Harmonic Minstrelsey, Containing a New Collection of Sacred Music. Dedham, Massachusetts: H. Mann. 104 pp.

References

• Janes, Frederick. 1868. The Janes Family, Genealogy and Brief History of the Descendants of William Janes. New York: John H. Dingman. 419 pp.
• Jefferson, Thomas. 2010. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7. J. Jefferson Looney, Editor. Pp. 506-508: Letter from William Thornton to Walter Janes.

External links

• Scan of Janes 1803 from IMSLP
• Scan of Janes 1807 from IMSLP