Daniel Belknap

Daniel Belknap
Born	(1771-02-09)February 9, 1771 Framingham, Massachusetts, American Colonies
Died	October 3, 1815(1815-10-03) (aged 44) Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Nationality	American
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.

Belknap was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and was an American composer 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

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)