ALFRED GAUL

Alfred Robert Gaul (1837-1913) was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He became a chorister in Norwich Cathedral at age nine, then was organist at St. John’s Church, Ladywood. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1863 and became conductor of the Walsall Philharmonic Society in 1887. Gaul spent much of his professional life in Birmingham, where he was Master of Music at St. Augustine’s Church, Edgbaston. He also taught harmony and counterpoint at the Birmingham and Midland Institute and the King Edward VI High School for Girls. Gaul wrote a large quantity of oratorios, cantatas, hymn tunes, chants, part songs, and pianoforte pieces. One of his most enduring works is his cantata The Holy City (1882).

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	Daybreak	SATBdiv	Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	I saw the Moon rise clear	w/piano	Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Jack Frost	SATBdiv/piano	Edward Oxenford attr.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Oh for the swords	SATBdiv/piano	Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The better land	SATB/SATBdiv	Felicia Dorothea Hemans	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The ferry maiden		Frederic Edward Weatherly	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The harvest feast	SATBdiv	Shapcott Wensley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The silent land		Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The treasures of the deep		Felicia Dorothea Hemans	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing