Phoebe Knapp was an American composer of music for hymns and an organist. She composed the music for over five hundred hymns.
Occupation
composer, hymnwriter
Citizenship
United States
Born
March 9, 1839
Died
July 10, 1908
Overview
Phoebe Knapp ( Palmer; March 9, 1839 – July 10, 1908) was an American composer of music for hymns and an organist.
Biography
Knapp was born in New York City. Her parents were Walter C. Palmer and Phoebe (Worrall) Palmer. She married Joseph Fairchild Knapp, one of the founders and the second president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He had a pipe organ installed in their apartment.
She and her husband were members of the John Street Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City. The hymn writer Fanny Crosby was also a member of that church and a friend of Palmer.
