2-981-904 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Dr. H. Gauntlett, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Maull and Co. 'As an enthusiastic amateur, and admirer of the compositions of Sebastian Bach...[this accomplished musician] undertook, in 1827, the office of organist in St. Olave's Church, Southwark...Finding great defects in the organs then in use, he studied their construction, and became an authority upon that subject...[He] next devoted his efforts to reforming the old hymn tunes, and was editor of the musical part of many excellent collections of hymns...He was the author, too, of many original and beautiful compositions - anthems, hymn tunes, and Church Psalmody - which are marked by great refinement and true devotional feeling...He was, at the time of his death, organist to the chapel of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The degree of Doctor in Music was conferred upon him by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1842'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.