Gerald Hocken Knight CBE

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 (1908–1979) was an cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

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Background

Gerald Hocken Knight was born on 27 July 1908 in Par

Par, Cornwall

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, Cornwall. He was an articled pupil of Hubert Stanley Middleton

Hubert Stanley Middleton

Hubert Stanley Middleton was an cathedral organist, who served at Truro Cathedral and Ely Cathedral before an appointment to Trinity College, Cambridge.-Background:Hubert Stanley Middleton was born on 11 May 1890 in Windsor....

 at Truro Cathedral

Truro Cathedral

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He studied at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.

He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music

Royal School of Church Music

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 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:

• St Augustine of Canterbury, Queens Gate London 1931 - 1937
• Canterbury Cathedral
  Canterbury Cathedral
  Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
  
   1937 - 1953