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


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'''Died:''' 1768
 
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<b>Biography</b>
'''Biography'''
William Knapp was an English composer of hymns and other religious music. <br>
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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.


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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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Knapp's two other musical works were ''Anthems for Christmas Day'' (1744) and ''New Church Melody'' (first edition 1753).
*''[[Blandford Anthem (William Knapp)|Blandford Anthem]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/85/Blandford_Anthem.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d8/Blandford_Anthem.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif])


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A letter by Knapp is printed in the preface to [[Joseph Stephenson]]'s first publication, {{NoComp|Church Harmony Sacred to Devotion|Joseph Stephenson}}, in 1757: in the letter, Knapp commends ''Church Harmony'', and notes approvingly that church music was formerly not ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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.<nowiki>'</nowiki>''
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see [[Media:William_Knapp_-_The_Dorset_Composer.doc]]<br>
for a Word file of Harry Peace Smith's paper<br>
from Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society volume 47 (?1927)
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*[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Knapp/article.htm ''William Knapp and the Country Psalmody Tradition'' by Dave Townsend]


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Latest revision as of 19:46, 18 July 2021

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.

List of choral works

Anthems

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Carols

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External links

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