Knight, Joseph Philip
Knight, Joseph Philip
Knight, Joseph Philip, English clergyman, organist, and composer; b. Bradford-on-Avon, July 26, 1812; d. Great Yarmouth, June 2, 1887. He studied organ with Corfe in Bristol.During a stay in the U.S. (1839-41), he wrote his most celebrated song, “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep.” After 2 years as vicar and organist at St. Agnes in the Scilly Islands, he returned to England and continued to write songs. These included “Venice,” “Say What Shall My Song Be Tonight?” “The Dream,” “All on the Summer Sea,” and “She Wore a Wreath of Roses.”
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