Short Name: | Gerald H. Knight |
Full Name: | Knight, Gerald H. (Gerald Hocken), 1908-1979 |
Birth Year: | 1908 |
Death Year: | 1979 |
Gerald Hocken Knight CBE (1908–1979) was an cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral.
Gerald Hocken Knight was born on 27 July 1908 in Par, Cornwall, and was educated at Truro Cathedral School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was an articled organ pupil of Hubert Stanley Middleton at Truro Cathedral.
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in 1964.
He published the following compositions and books:
The Treasury of English Church Music. Volume one. 1100-1545. Edited by Denis Stevens, etc. 1965
Accompaniments for unison Hymn-singing. 1971
Christ whose Glory fills the Skies. [Anthem for treble voices and organ.] Words by Charles Wesley, etc. 1957
The Coventry Mass. Adapted from medieval sources. Accompaniment by G. H. Knight. 1966
Incidental Vocal Music to "The Devil to pay," Play by Dorothy L. Sayers. 1939
Incidental Music to The Zeal of Thy House, Dorothy L. Sayers. 1938
Twenty Questions on Church Music. Answered by G. H. Knight (Series. no. 3.), 1950
R.S.C.M. The first forty years. 1968
--en.wikipedia.org/
Tunes by Gerald H. Knight (11)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ISTE CONFESSOR (ANGERS) | Gerald H. Knight, 1908-1979 (Harmonizer) | 1 | 51765 17123 35534 |
ASH GROVE | Gerald H. Knight (Harmonizer) | 19 | 51354 31124 32175 |
[Blessed be the Lord God of Israel] (Knight) | Gerald Hocken Knight, 1908- (Composer) | 1 | |
DETROIT (Bradshaw) | Gerald H. Knight, 1908-1979 (Harmonizer) | 14 | 13453 43171 13457 |
DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (Grenoble) | Gerald Knight, b.1908 (Harmonizer) | 2 | 13515 43211 31671 |
JACOB'S LADDER (English) | Gerald H. Knight (Arranger) | 5 | 51111 32122 22432 |
LITTLE VENICE | Gerald Hocken Knight (1908-1979) (Composer) | 5 | 33216 71253 32167 |
LOBET DEN HERREN (Crüger) | Gerald Knight, 1908-1979 (Harmonizer) | 1 | 51765 34554 35671 |
SING HOSANNA | Gerald Knight, 1908-1979 (Arranger) | 3 | 55532 12161 55532 |
STELLA (English) | Gerald H. Knight (Harmonizer) | 2 | 55355 11765 55432 |
VALLEY (Knight) | Gerald Hocken Knight, 1908-1979 (Composer) | 2 | 13455 11556 53455 |