Gerald Hendrie
Gerald Mills Hendrie, (born 28 October 1935; at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex), is an English scholar, composer, organist, pianist and harpsichordist.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gerald Mills Hendrie | 
| Born | 28 October 1935 Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK  | 
| Genres | Classical | 
| Occupation(s) | Academic, musicologist, composer | 
| Instruments | Organ, piano, harpsichord | 
Education
    
- Framlingham College, Suffolk, 1949–52, Foundation Scholar
 - Royal College of Music (RCM), 1952–54, Foundation Scholar, Piano (ARCM in Organ Performing 1953, Piano Teaching 1953, Piano Performing 1954); Gained Sir Walter Parratt prize.
 - Selwyn College, Cambridge 1954–61, Organ Scholar. (BA 1957, MusB with distinction 1958, MA 1961, Ph.D. 1962);
 - Royal College of Organists (RCO), FRCO (1956)
 - Studied at the RCM with Geoffrey Tankard, Harold Darke, William Harris, Herbert Howells; at Cambridge with Thurston Dart and Patrick Hadley; privately with Geraint Jones, John Dykes Bower, Ralph Downes, and André Marchal
 
Locums
    
- Christmas 1955, Acting Assistant Organist, Canterbury Cathedral including first-ever Eurovision
 
Broadcast, ‘Carols from Canterbury’.
- 1960-61 Acting Organist and Choirmaster, Norwich Cathedral
 - During 1962, Acting Assistant Organist, Ely Cathedral
 
Academic posts
    
- Director of Music, Homerton College, Cambridge 1962-3
 - Lecturer in Music, University of Manchester 1963-7
 - Founding Professor of Music, University of Victoria, British Columbia 1967-69
 - Founding Professor of Music, Open University 1969-85 (early retirement)
 - Director of Studies in Music, St John's College, Cambridge 1980-83
 - Visiting Fellow, University of Western Australia 1985 (following earlier visits)
 
Publications (articles & editions)
    
- An Edition and Critical Study of the Keyboard Music of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), 2 vols., doctoral dissertation University of Cambridge October 1961
 - The Keyboard Music of Orlando Gibbons in Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association vol. 89, 1962/63
 - Handel's 'Chandos' and Associated Anthems: An Introductory Survey in ed. Peter Williams, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685-1985, Tercentenary Essays, Cambridge University Press 1985
 - Half-way Towards the 21 st Century: Music at Britain's Open University 1970-85 in International
 
Journal of Music Education May 1985
- Some Reflections on the Keyboard Music of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) in Studies in Music, Number 22, 1988, University of Western Australia Department of Music
 - The English Lute-Songs 1st Series, vol. 17, co-editor with Thurston Dart of John Coprario: Funeral Teares, Songs of Mourning, The Masque of Squires Stainer & Bell 1959
 - Musica Britannica XX, Orlando Gibbons: Keyboard Music (= Collected Keyboard Music) Stainer & Bell for the Royal Musical Association 1962, 2nd revised edition 1974, 3rd revised edition 2010
 - Hallische Händel-Ausgabe/Halle Handel Society, Collected Works of Georg Friedrich Händel, Anthems für Cannons 3 vols. Bärenreiter 1985, 1987, 1991; Anthems für die Chapel Royal Bärenreiter 1994, Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate Bärenreiter 1998
 - Gilbert & Sullivan: The Operas (critical editions in full score) Iolanthe 3 vols., The Broude Trust NY 2018; Iolanthe vocal score, The Broude Trust 2019
 
Publications (compositions)
    
    Piano
    
- Five Bagatelles for Piano Stainer & Bell 1980
 - Four Excursions for Piano Stainer & Bell 1983
 - Sonata: In Praise of Reconciliation (an arrangement of Organ Sonata, commemorates 50th anniversary of end of WW2) Anglo-American, henceforth AAMP 1997
 - A Handful of Rags Gérard Billaudot Editeur, Paris 2015
 - Another Handful of Rags Gérard Billaudot Editeur, Paris 2015
 
Organ
    
- Speculo Petro AAMP 1988
 - Choral: Hommage à César Franck AAMP 1990
 - Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré (= Toccata & Fugue*, Prelude & Fugue, Prelude & Fugue on the name BACH, Two Sketches on the name BACH, published individually) AAMP 1990-92
 - recorded by John Scott , St Ignatius Church NY, 20th-Century Masterpieces Priory records 1998, Gabriel Dessauer at St Bonifatius, Wiesbaden (GEMA 1999) and Paul Carr at St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham UK, French Flavours, Regent Records 2012); also on YouTube from Washington Cathedral, USA.
 - Sonata: In Praise of St Asaph (commissioned by St Asaph Festival, UK) AAMP 1994
 - Sonata: In Praise of Reconciliation (a US commission; see also above, Piano) AAMP 1997
 
Flute & Piano
    
- Three Pieces AAMP 1985
 
Brass
    
- Quintet for Brass (for the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble) AAMP 1988
 
Church Music
    
- As I outrode this endris night (i) carol for SS, organ or piano Novello 1959; recorded by the cathedral choirs of Canterbury, York Minster, Carlisle; also by Selwyn College, Cambridge & others (ii) for SATB Novello 1978; this version for the Service of Nine Lessons & * Carols, King's College Cambridge.
 - Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang, carol for SS, Organ/Piano Novello 1960
 - There is no Rose, carol for SATB, Novello 1984, recorded by Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Nimbus Records 1996
 - Four Consolations (texts by Boethius) for SATB unacc. Paraclete 1996
 - Ave verum Corpus for ATB/SATB unacc. Williams School of Church Music 1978, subsequently AAMP
 - If thou wouldst see God's laws, SATB, organ or piano AAMP 1988
 - Preces and Responses, SATB, for St John's College, Cambridge AAMP 1980s
 - Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, SATB, organ, for St John's College, Cambridge AAMP 1986
 - Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, SATB, organ, for New College, Oxford AAMP 1986
 - Te Deum & Jubilate, men's voices and organ, for St Paul's Cathedral, London AAMP 1998
 - Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis boy's voices and organ, for St Paul's Cathedral, London AAMP 1988
 - Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, SATB, organ, for Canterbury Cathedral AAMP 1993
 - Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, ATB, organ, for Canterbury Cathedral AAMP 1994
 - Requiem for soprano solo, SATB and organ, optional timpani (3), cello (premiered in Auch Festival, France) AAMP 1997
 
Unpublished/unsubmitted
    
- Missa Aquitaniae for soprano solo, SATB, organ (premiered in Auch Festival, 2003
 - Sounat Campanetos carol for SATB, Gascon & English texts, 2005
 - Twelve New Rags for Piano (four of which are arranged for organ) (2015–19)
 - Pastorale & Fughetta & Chaconne for organ (2018–20)
 - Three Concert Studies for organ (2021)
 - Sicilienne: Hommage à Maurice Duruflé for Tom Winpenny, St Alban’s Cathedral (2022)
 
Performance
    
- He has performed as organist, pianist and harpsichordist around the world and broadcast for ABC, BBC, CBC.
 - Guest recitalist at the Halle Handel Festival 1981.
 
References
    
- Choral: Hommage à César Franck, review by Paul Hale in Organists’ Review, December 1990
 - W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Iolanthe. Full Score. Review by James Brooks Kuykendall in Notes, December 2018
 - Iolanthe Full Score published by The Broude Trust. Review by Roger Wild in Sullivan Society journal, January 2019
 - Requiem review by Paul Hale in Organists’ Review, August 1999
 
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