Previous posts for April 21st may be found here: Randall Thompson (2019), Leonard Warren (2020), Patti LuPone (2021), Randall Thompson; Lionel Rogg (2022), and Randall Thompson (2023)
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William Knyvett (21 April 1779 - 17 Nov. 1856) was an eminent singer and composer, a Gentleman of the Chapels Royal and lay vicar of Westminster Abbey.
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With the exception of Sir George Smart, he was the last of the musical leaders who inherited the Handel traditions as to the method of conducting an oratorio. -- Wikipedia
It’s said that Knyvett was the past
To know the style of ages past;
With him the true Handelian style
Vanished from the English isle.
I’m prone to think that this quotation
Is founded in exaggeration; —
It may be true, it may be not,
But that is all that Knyvett’s got.
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