Jesse Aikin

Aliases: Jesse Bowman Aikin; Jesse Aiken

Life

Born: 5 March 1808

Died: 1900

Biography

U. S. American tunebook compiler, and singing school master. Best known for invention of a seven-shape system of music notation still in in use. His last name has been commonly misspelled as "Aiken".

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List of choral works

 
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Publications

• The Christian Minstrel, Philadelphia, 1846, and over a hundred later editions
• Harmonia Ecclesiae, Philadelphia, 1853

References

• Hall, Paul M. 1971. The Shape-Note Hymnals and Tune Books of Ruebush-Kieffer Company. The Hymn 22(3): 69-76.

External websites:

• Works by Jesse Aikin in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)