William Monk Gould

William Monk Gould, (1856–7 April 1923) was a British composer of light music: his popular song The Curfew (1898) was particularly well-known.^[1]^[2]

Monk was born in Tavistock, becoming organist at Rye parish church when only 12 years old.^[1] He later served as organist and choirmaster at St Michaels' Church, Portsmouth.^[3] He published 56 compositions between 1883 and 1920.^[2] He married Agnes Hilton (died 1937), and they had a son, Rupert Gould who achieved fame as a horologist and scientific broadcaster.^[4] Another son was Henry Hilton Monk Gould.^[5]

He died 7 April 1923 in Portsmouth.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Musical Times, 1 May 1923, Obituary
^ ^a ^b www.musicweb-international.com Phil L Scowcroft: A thirty-ninth garland of British light music composers
^ Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle Saturday, January 17, 1880
^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Rupert Thomas Gould (accessed 19 Feb 2011)
^ Charterhouse Register 1872–1910

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Name	Gould, William Monk
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Date of birth	1856
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Date of death	1923
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