Charles King was an English

England

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 composer

Composer

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 and musician

Musician

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 of the 17th and 18th centuries who at one time held the post of Almoner

Almoner

An almoner is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing cash to the deserving poor.Historically, almoners were Christian religious functionaries whose duty was to distribute alms to the poor. Monasteries were required to spend one tenth of their income in charity to...

 and Master of Choristers for St. Paul's Cathedral under John Blow

John Blow

John Blow was an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. His only stage composition, Venus and Adonis John Blow (baptised 23 February...

 and Jeremiah Clarke

Jeremiah Clarke

Jeremiah Clarke was an English baroque composer and organist.Thought to have been born in London around 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal...

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Biography

Due to the death of Jeremiah Clarke

Jeremiah Clarke

Jeremiah Clarke was an English baroque composer and organist.Thought to have been born in London around 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal...

, Charles King was designated as the serviceable man by Dr. Thomas A. Greene, the Vicar

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 of St. Paul's Cathedral, appointed him Almoner

Almoner

An almoner is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing cash to the deserving poor.Historically, almoners were Christian religious functionaries whose duty was to distribute alms to the poor. Monasteries were required to spend one tenth of their income in charity to...

 and Master of the Choristers in 1707.

The boys all moved to a house in the parish of St Benet until his death in 1748. King was popular with the boys – as apparently he never used the cane!

Some of his choristers included English composers Jonathan Battishill

Jonathan Battishill

Jonathan Battishill was an English composer, keyboard player, and concert tenor. He began his career as a composer writing theatre music but later devoted himself to working as an organist and composer for the Church of England...

, William Boyce and organist Dr. Maurice Greene

Maurice Greene (composer)

Maurice Greene was an English composer and organist.- Biography :Born in London, the son of a clergyman, Greene became a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King...

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Charles King died in 1748 whilst holding the post at St. Paul's Cathedral.

List of works

• Alexander's Feast (c. 1730)
• Canticles
• I will always give thanks (Sacred Music for One, Two, Three and Four Voices arr. by R.J.S. Stevens, London, for the Editor, 1803
• now appears in Anthems for Choirs 2 (Twenty-four Anthems for Sopranos & Altos edited by Philip Ledger), Published by Oxford University Press
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• Magnificat in F
• Nunc Dimittis in F
• Songs of Praise the Angels Sang - hymn
• Te Deum in D