Daniel Belknap

Daniel Belknap
Born	(1771-02-09)February 9, 1771 Framingham, Province of Massachusetts, British America
Died	October 3, 1815(1815-10-03) (aged 44) Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Occupation	composer
Notable work	four sacred tunebooks

Daniel Belknap (February 9, 1771 – October 3, 1815) was a farmer, mechanic, militia captain, poet and singing teacher.^[1]

Belknap was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and was an American composer^[2] of the First New England School. He compiled four sacred tunebooks in the years 1797–1806, and also issued a book of secular songs with music. He died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Publications

• The Harmonist's Companion - Boston: printed by Thomas & Andrews, Oct. 1797
• The Evangelical Harmony - Boston: Thomas & Andrews, Sept. 1800
• The Middlesex Collection of Sacred Harmony- Boston: Thomas & Andrews, Nov. 1802
• The Village Compilation of Sacred Musick - Boston, printed for the author by J.T. Buckingham, 1806
• The Middlesex Songster - Dedham: printed by H. Mann, 1809
• Judgment Anthem - Dedham: printed by H. Mann, for D. Belknap, 1810

List of works

• The Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter - The Gregg Smith Singers
• A View of the Temple: A Masonic Ode, sung at the installation of Middlesex Lodge, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1795.

Discography

• America Sings, Volume I: The Founding Years (1993)
• Under an American Sky

References

1. Daniel Belknap (1771-1815), The Collected Works David Warren Steel (Editor), Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. February 28, 1999 ISBN 978-0-8153-2410-2
2. http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline

External links

• Free scores by Daniel Belknap in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Free scores by Daniel Belknap at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)