Charles King (born 1687 - died 1748) was an English composer and musician of the 17th and 18th century who at one time held the post of Almoner and Master of Choristers for St. Paul's Cathedral under John Blow and Jeremiah Clarke. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Almoner (from the Greek ελεημοσύνη westernized as eleemosyna 'alms' via Latin Almosunartius and French known in English since circa 1300 is a chaplain or church St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 &ndash 1 October 1708 was an English Composer and Organist. Jeremiah Clarke (c 1674 - 1 December 1707 was an English baroque Composer. .
Biography
Due to the death of Jeremiah Clarke, Charles King was designated as the serviceable man by Dr. Jeremiah Clarke (c 1674 - 1 December 1707 was an English baroque Composer. Thomas A. Greene, the Vicar of St. Paul's Cathedral, appointed him Almoner and Master of the Choristers in 1697. In the broadest sense a vicar (from the Latin Vicarius) is a representative anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. Almoner (from the Greek ελεημοσύνη westernized as eleemosyna 'alms' via Latin Almosunartius and French known in English since circa 1300 is a chaplain or church
The boys all moved to a house in the parish of St Benet until his death in 1748. The Church of St Benet Paul's Wharf is the Welsh church of the City of London. King was popular with the boys – as apparently he never used the cane!
Some of his choristers included English composers Jonathan Battishill, William Boyce and organist Dr. Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801 was one of the outstanding 18th century English composers of church music William Boyce ( September 11, 1711 &ndash February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English -born Composers Maurice Greene.
Charles King died in 1748 whilst holding the post at St. Paul's Cathedral. St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London.
List of Works
- Alexander's Feast (c. 1730)
- Canticles
- I will always give thanks (Sacred Music for One, Two, Three and Four Voices arr. by R. J. S. Stevens, London, for the Editor, 1803
- now appears in Anthems for Choirs 2 (Twenty-four Anthems for Sopranos & Altos edited by Philip Ledger), Published by Oxford University Press
- Magnificat in F
- Nunc Dimittis in F
- Songs of Praise the Angels Sang - hymn
- Te Deum in D
References
- [[1]] JSTOR - The Musical Times, Vol. 44, no 720, February 1, 1903, page 89-93
- [[2]] History of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School
- [[3]] - The English Symphonists of the Eighteenth Century by C. L. Cudworth available through JSTOR Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 78th Sess. , 1951 - 1952 (1951 - 1952), pp. 31-51
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