UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Composer: Henry J. Gauntlett
Published in 160 hymnals


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Composer: Henry J. Gauntlett

Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extend­ed the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the or… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Composer: Henry J. Gauntlett
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 31654 32315 55453
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 294
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 294
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 184
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor Martin Setchel
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 230
  • Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
    Composer/Editor Andrew Fletcher
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 151
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 185
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 141
  • More Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1997) pp. 90
  • Finishing Touch: One Hundred Last Verse Arrangements of Well-Known Hymn Tunes - New and Enlarged Edition
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 57
  • After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 183
  • Accompaniments for Unison Hymn-Singing
    Composer/Editors Gerald H. Knight; Peter G. White
    Published By: The Royal School of Church Music (1981) pp. 47
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 101
  • 44 Hymn Tunes Freely Harmonized: For Unison Singing
    Composer/Editor Eric Harding Thiman
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 19
  • Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness: Organ Music for Communion and General Use
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1968) pp. 36

Organ Solo

  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 183
  • Preludes on the Great Hymn Tunes of Lent, Holy Week and Easter
    Composer/Editor Adrian Vernon Fish
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 48
  • 100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
    Composer/Editor Adrian Vernon Fish
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 115
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 101
  • Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness: Organ Music for Communion and General Use
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1968) pp. 36-37
  • Hymn Preludes for the Liturgical Year Volume V All Saints' and Memorial Day Apostles and Evangelists Holy Innocents Martyrs' Days: For Organ in 24 Volumes Opus 100
    Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1966) pp. 8
  • The Parish Organist Part Twelve: Thirty-five Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editors Willem Mudde; Paul Fetler
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1966) pp. 58
  • Twenty Hymn-Tune Preludes (Second Set): For Manuals Only, with Optional Pedal
    Composer/Editor Craig Sellar Lang
    Published By: Oxford University Press (1966) pp. 15
  • Ten Choral Preludes and a Fantasy on Familiar Hymn Tunes: For the Organ
    Composer/Editor Harry Alexander Matthews
    Published By: Theodore Presser Company (1949) pp. 22

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #275
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #748
Text: Captains of the Saintly Band
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 17 of 17)
Text

Ancient and Modern #755

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #585

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #275

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #585

TextPage Scan

Common Praise #212

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Common Praise #547

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #392b

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #487

Page Scan

Complete Mission Praise #533

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #417

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #830

Hymns and Psalms #715

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #524

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #604b

Audio

Small Church Music #1579

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #748

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #434

Include 143 pre-1979 instances
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