Gerald Hocken Knight
Gerald Hocken Knight CBE (1908–1979) was an cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral.[1]
Background
Gerald Hocken Knight was born on 27 July 1908 in Par, Cornwall. He was an articled pupil of Hubert Stanley Middleton at Truro Cathedral.
He studied at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in 1964.
Publications
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
Career
Organist of:
References
- ^ The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw
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