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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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2Footsteps of Angels; The Reaper and the Flowers; Jack Frost; an ode, A Song of Life, some hymns, chants, and pieces for piano. The Holy City has been very popular in this country, but Ruth, also well known, was the first large work to call attention to his compositions. It has been spoken of as a fresh and melodious work. well contrasted in its several parts.
4Gaultier (gōt-yā), Denys.
5Born between 1600 and 1610. Died about 1664. A renowned lute-player; was born at Marseilles, and died in Paris. When quite young he went to Paris to study law, and there, in 1647, with his cousin Jacques, established a school for lute-playing, which proved a success. He composed much for the lute, and was considered by his contemporaries the most eminent composer and player for his instrument. Two collections of lute-music containing many of his own and of his cousin's compositions, are extant, namely, Pièces de luth and Livre de tablature; and a manuscript collection of sixty-two pieces is preserved in the Berlin Museum.
7Gaultier, le vieux. About 1597-about 1670.
8Celebrated French lutenist (supposed to be identical with Jacques Gaultier, and to have been born at Lyons), was a pupil of Mesangeau and Court lutenist in London from 1617 to 1647, when he returned to Paris, where with his cousin Denys he formed many pupils of note. The library of the Paris Conservatory contains some of his compositions.
10Gauntlett, Henry. 1805-1876.
11English composer, editor, and organist; was born at Wellington; son of a clergyman, and played the organ before reaching his teens. At twenty-one he was apprenticed to a solicitor, and in five years began the practise of law, but in the meantime continued his musical work, and was organist at St. Olave's from 1827 to 1847. About 1836 he began to advocate a change in the compass of the organ keyboard, extending it from C to C instead of the commonly used form of F and G. This innovation was looked upon unfavorably, but, with the assistance of William Hill, a prominent organ-builder, who reconstructed according to this new model several large organs in London, as well as building new ones, he finally succeeded in bringing about the use of the C organ over England. He also patented, in 1852, an electro-magnetic device to be used in organs with pneumatic action; this was a step toward the improved electro-pneumatic action of the present day. Gauntlett became organist of Christ Church, Newgate Street, in 1836, where the instrument was rebuilt by Hill. In 1842 he gave up his law practise and turned his attention entirely to music, the next year receiving the degree of Doctor of Music from Lambeth. He was later organist of two other churches, and continued active work in that line until 1872. Gauntlett was in his day considered one of the best organists and authorities on psalmody, and composed much church-music. His later reputation rests on his collection of hymns and psalms, and on his own anthems and hymns, which are much used, especially the latter. He also published editions of works by Bach, Beethoven and other composers.
13Gautier (gōt-yā), Jean François Eugène. 1822-1878.
14French composer and violinist; was born at Vaugirard, near Paris. He studied violin under Habeneck and composition under Halévy at the Paris Conservatory, where in 1838 he won the first prize for violin and in 1842 the second grand prize. In 1848 he was second conductor at the Theatre National, and later at the Theatre Lyrique. In 1864 he became choral director at the Theater Italien. The same year he was appointed professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatory, and eight years afterwards of musical history. For several years he was also chapelmaster of the Church of St. Eugène, Paris. His dramatic compositions consist of fourteen operas, the majority containing only one act, and performed at the Theatre Lyrique or the Opéra Comique. Among these may be mentioned L'Armeau de Marie; Les Barricades, in collaboration with Pilati; Le mann de la garde; Murdock le Bandit; Flore et Zephire; Schahabaham II; Le mariage extravagant; Le docteur Mirobo-lau; La Bacchante; Jocrisse; and Le trésor de Pierrot. His sacred music comprises an oratorio, La mort de Jésu; a cantata, Le août, and du Ave Maria.
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