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*[[Suffering Savior (Alexander Gillet)|Alas, and did my Savior bleed]] | *[[Suffering Savior (Alexander Gillet)|Alas, and did my Savior bleed]] | ||
*[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]] | *[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]] | ||
*[[Babylon (1786) (Alexander Gillet)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]] | |||
*[[Granby (Alexander Gillet)|Come, sound his praise abroad]] | *[[Granby (Alexander Gillet)|Come, sound his praise abroad]] | ||
*[[Amanda (Alexander Gillet)|Death, like an overflowing stream]] | *[[Amanda (Alexander Gillet)|Death, like an overflowing stream]] | ||
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*[[Addison (Alexander Gillet)|How pleasant 'tis to see]] | *[[Addison (Alexander Gillet)|How pleasant 'tis to see]] | ||
*[[Turkey Hills (Alexander Gillet)|How short and hasty is our life]] | *[[Turkey Hills (Alexander Gillet)|How short and hasty is our life]] | ||
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*[[Psalm 25 (Alexander Gillet)|I lift my soul to God]] | *[[Psalm 25 (Alexander Gillet)|I lift my soul to God]] | ||
*[[Torringford (Alexander Gillet)|Joy to the world! The Lord is come]] | *[[Torringford (Alexander Gillet)|Joy to the world! The Lord is come]] | ||
*[[Millennium (Alexander Gillet)|Let all the earth their voice raise]] | *[[Millennium (Alexander Gillet)|Let all the earth their voice raise]] | ||
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*[[Ripton (Alexander Gillet)|Shall the vile race of flesh and blood]] | *[[Ripton (Alexander Gillet)|Shall the vile race of flesh and blood]] | ||
*[[Plainfield (Alexander Gillet)|Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive]] | *[[Plainfield (Alexander Gillet)|Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive]] | ||
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*[[Topsfield (Alexander Gillet)|Sweet is the work, my God, my King]] | *[[Topsfield (Alexander Gillet)|Sweet is the work, my God, my King]] | ||
*[[Judgment (Alexander Gillet)|That awful day will surely come]] | *[[Judgment (Alexander Gillet)|That awful day will surely come]] | ||
*[[Berkley (Alexander Gillet)|The Lord my pasture shall prepare]] | *[[Berkley (Alexander Gillet)|The Lord my pasture shall prepare]] | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 24 January 2020
Life
Born: 14 August 1749, Granby, Connecticut
Died: 19 January 1826, Torrington, Connecticut
Biography
Alexander Gillet was an ordained minister and composer. He grew up in Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1770. He was ordained in Farmington, Connecticut in 1773, and served the Congregational Church there until 1792, and the First Congregational Church in Torrington, Connecticut from 1792 to his death. He was a very active pastor in the churches he served, and his sermons were well received. Most of his compositions were published by Andrew Law starting in 1779.
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List of choral works
A. LISTED BY TITLE
- 1. Psalm-tunes
- 2. Set pieces
B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE
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Publications
- Select Harmony (Andrew Law) 1778, 1779, 1782, 1785
- A Select number of plain Tunes (Andrew Law) 1781
References
- Kroeger, Karl, Editor. 1997. Three Connecticut Composers: Oliver Brownson, Alexander Gillet, and Solomon Chandler: The Collected Works. New York: Garland. 212 pp. Reprinted by Routledge in New York in 2013.
External links
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