William Monk Gould (24 October 1858–7 April 1923) was a British composer of light music: his popular song The Curfew (1898) was particularly well-known.Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920, http://www.ancestry.co.ukMusical Times, 1 May 1923, Obituarywww.musicweb-international.com Phil L Scowcroft: A thirty-ninth garland of British light music composers
Monk was born in Tavistock, becoming organist at Rye parish church when only 12 years old. He later served as organist and choirmaster at St Michael's Church, Portsmouth.Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle Saturday, January 17, 1880 He published 56 compositions between 1883 and 1920. He married Agnes Hilton Skinner (died 1937), and they had a son, Rupert Gould who achieved fame as a horologist and scientific broadcaster.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Rupert Thomas Gould (accessed 19 Feb 2011) Another son was Henry Hilton Monk Gould.Charterhouse Register 1872–1910
He died 7 April 1923 in Portsmouth.
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