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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 1698
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'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''


William Knapp was an English composer of parochial psalmody (West Gallery music). He was also the parish clerk of [[wikipedia:St James' Church, Poole|St. James', Poole]], and worked as a glover.
William Knapp was an English composer of parochial psalmody (West Gallery music). He was also the parish clerk of {{w|St James' Church, Poole|St. James', Poole}}, and worked as a glover.


His first collection, ''A Sett of New Psalm-Tunes and Anthems'', was first published in 1738: it subsequently ran to eight editions, of which the second and subsequent editions were revised and enlarged.
His first collection, ''A Sett of New Psalm-Tunes and Anthems'', was first published in 1738: it subsequently ran to eight editions, of which the second and subsequent editions were revised and enlarged.
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for a Word file of Harry Peace Smith's paper<br>
for a Word file of Harry Peace Smith's paper<br>
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from Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society volume 47 (?1927)
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*{{NoCo|Bring unto the Lord, O ye mighty}}
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*{{NoCo|Give the king thy judgments, O God}}
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*{{NoCo|If the Lord himself had not been on our side}}
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*{{NoCo|In my trouble I called upon the Lord}}
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*{{NoCo|The beauty of Israel is slain}}
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*{{NoCo|Unto us a child is born}}
 
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*{{NoCo|Behold that splendour: hear the shout}}
*{{NoCo|Hark, hark, what news the angels bring}}
*{{NoCo|Infant-Savior}}
*{{NoCo|Most gracious God of boundless might}}
*{{NoCo|My life's a shade}}
*{{NoCo|While shepherds watched their flocks by night}}
 
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Knapp/article.htm ''William Knapp and the Country Psalmody Tradition'' by Dave Townsend]
*[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Knapp/article.htm ''William Knapp and the Country Psalmody Tradition'' by Dave Townsend]
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Revision as of 00:51, 2 June 2020

Life

Born: 1698

Died: 1768

Biography

William Knapp was an English composer of parochial psalmody (West Gallery music). He was also the parish clerk of St. James', PooleLink to the English Wikipedia article, and worked as a glover.

His first collection, A Sett of New Psalm-Tunes and Anthems, was first published in 1738: it subsequently ran to eight editions, of which the second and subsequent editions were revised and enlarged.

Knapp's two other musical works were Anthems for Christmas Day (1744) and New Church Melody (first edition 1753).

A letter by Knapp is printed in the preface to Joseph Stephenson's first publication, Church Harmony Sacred to Devotion, in 1757: in the letter, Knapp commends Church Harmony, and notes approvingly that church music was formerly not 'so much in vogue nor understood (especially in Parish Churches) as at present. But now it is arrived to that perfection, that there are but few Congregations where there is not a Choir Warbling forth Praises to the Almighty Being, in Psalms, Hymns, Spiritual Songs, and Melodious Anthems.'

see Media:William_Knapp_-_The_Dorset_Composer.doc
for a Word file of Harry Peace Smith's paper
from Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society volume 47 (?1927)

View the Wikipedia article on William Knapp.

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