Daniel Belknap

Daniel Belknap (February 9, 1771 – October 3, 1815) was a farmer, mechanic, militia captain, poet, and singing teacher. Belknap was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and was one of the first American composers. He compiled four sacred tune books in the years of 1797-1806, and also issued a book of secular songs with music. He died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Biography

Belknap was an early American composer, principally of sacred music. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He is described as 'Teacher of Music, in Framingham' on the title page of his first book, The Harmonist's Companion. He died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Daniel Belknap compositions

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1.Psalm-Tunes

• Acton 1800
• Angola 1797
• Ashford 18061806
• Belfast 1802
• Berlin 1800
• Blue Hill 1797
• Boylston 1802
• Buxton 1806
• Carlisle 1800
• Concord 1797
• Dover 1802
• Durham 1802
• East Needham 1800
• Gardner 1806
• Goshen 1800
• Holliston 1797
• Hopkinton 1797
• Keene 1800
• Kingston 1800
• Lena 1794
• Lynn 1797
• Malden 1797
• Milton 1800
• Mortality 1806
• Newmark 1797
• Newport 1800
• Northborough 1800
• Ouse 1797
• Penobscot 1806
• Pine-Hill 1797
• Pittsford 1802
• Raynham 1797
• Ringe 1797
• Roxbury (1802) 1802
• Saco 1806
• Saybrook 1797
• Shirley 1806
• Shrewsbury 1800
• Southborough 1797
• Spring 1797
• Trenton 1806
• Valediction 1800
• Weary Pilgrim 1800
• Westborough 1802
• Williamstown 1802

2. Set pieces

• Blendon 1806
• Bradford 1806
• Clapboardtree Grove 1797
• Dartmouth 1806
• Dissolution 1800
• Enfield 1806
• Framingham 1792
• Hampton 1800
• Hancock 1797
• Leominster 1806
• Lower Falls 1797
• Mendon 1802
• Monson 1806
• Number Four 1797
• Orland 1808
• Randolph 1806
• Richmond 1806
• Rowley 1797
• Salem 1802
• Sandy River 1802
• Shoreham 1797
• Solon 1806
• Spring Street 1802
• Springfield 1802
• Stoneham 1806
• Syria 1797
• Whale Rock 1797

3. Anthems

• An Anthem for Easter 1797

4. Secular Songs

• Autumn 1800
• Summer 1797
• Winter 1800

 

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Almighty King of heaven above Along the banks where Babel's current flows And must my body faint and die A span is all that we can boast Blest are the humble souls that see Come, said Jesus' sacred voice Dearest of all the names above Dear Lord! behold our sore distress Death, 'tis a melancholy day Descend, ye hosts of angels bright Down from the top of earthly bliss Eternal power, whose high abode Farewell, bright soul, a short farewell Farewell, my friends, I must be gone God! the eternal, awful name Great Father of mankind Hark from the skies! A dreadful sound Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound He comes, the royal Conqueror comes He dies! The friend of sinners dies He sends his word, and melts the snow How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? How soon, alas! must summer's sweets decay I'm not ashamed to own my Lord Indulgent God, with pitying eyes In the full choir a broken string

It is the Lord, our Maker's hand Jehovah reigns, his throne is high Let all the earth-born race Life is a span, a fleeting hour Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin Loud let the tuneful trumpet sound Loud to the Prince of heaven Mankind must all return to dust My sorrows, like a flood Naked as from the earth we came Not to condemn the sons of men Now clouds the wintry skies deform Now let our mournful songs record Now shall my inward joys arise Now to the Lord a noble song Our moments fly apace Our moments fly apace Our sins, alas! How strong they are Save me, O God, the dwelling floods See from the dungeon of the dead See the Lord of glory dying See where he languished on the cross Shall the vile race of flesh and blood Shout to the Lord, ye surging seas Since I have placed my trust in God Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands

Sing to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts Teach me the measure of my days Thee we adore, eternal name The gentle breeze which through the grove The little hills, on every side The Lord Jehovah reigns The Lord hath eyes to give the blind The Lord, the Sovereign, sends his summons forth There is a house not made with hands There is a land of pure delight These glorious minds, how bright they shine The spirits of the just The swelling billows know their bounds The voice of my Beloved sounds Think, mighty God, on feeble man Thou refuge of my weary soul Throned on a cloud our God shall come Thus saith the high and lofty one 'Tis finished, so the Savior cried 'Twas spring, 'Twas summer, all was gay When I survey the wondrous cross Why do we mourn departing friends With flowing eyes and bleeding hearts Your harps, ye trembling saints

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Publications

• Belknap, Daniel, Compiler. 1797. The Harmonist's Companion. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 32 pp.
• Belknap, Daniel, Compiler. 1800. The Evangelical Harmony. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 76 pp.
• Belknap, Daniel, Compiler. 1802. The Middlesex Collection of Sacred Harmony. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1802. 111 pp.
• Belknap, Daniel, Compiler. 1806. The Village Compilation of Sacred Music. Boston: J. T. Buckingham. 151 pp. Second Edition, 1806.
• Belknap, Daniel, Compiler. 1809. The Middlesex Songster. Dedham: H. Mann.
• Judgment Anthem. Dedham: Printed by H. Mann, for D. Belknap, 1810

References

• Steel, David Warren. 1999. Daniel Belknap (1771-1815): The Collected Works. New York: Routledge. 184 pp.

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