Elisha West

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Life

Born: April 1756, North Yarmouth, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died: 1 September 1832?

Biography

Elisha West was born in North Yarmouth, MaineLink to the English Wikipedia article, and baptised there on 25 April 1756. He married Abigail Delano in North Yarmouth on 7 December 1775, and by 1790 they had moved to Woodstock, VermontLink to the English Wikipedia article. The first edition of West's collection The Musical Concert was published in January 1802, and consists of 54 items. An revised second edition, consisting of 65 items, was published in 1807: 18 of the tunes in this edition are attributed to J. West, probably a relative of the compiler. Both editions were printed at Northampton, MassachusettsLink to the English Wikipedia article by Andrew Wright. In later years, West appears to have stopped composing and returned to Maine. (No Wikipedia article)

List of choral works

A. LISTED BY TITLE

1. Sacred music

a. Psalm-tunes
b. Set pieces

2. Secular music

B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE

 
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Publications

  • West, Elisha. 1802. The Musical Concert. Northampton, Massachusetts: Andrew Wright. 204 pp.
  • West, Elisha. 1807. The Musical Concert, Second Edition. Northampton, Massachusetts: Andrew Wright. 104 pp.

External links

Works by Elisha West in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)