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*[[Psalm 25 (Alexander Gillet)|I lift my soul to God]] | *[[Psalm 25 (Alexander Gillet)|I lift my soul to God]] | ||
*[[Millennium (Alexander Gillet)|Let all the earth their voice raise]] | |||
*[[Humility (Alexander Gillet)|My soul lies cleaving to the dust]] | *[[Humility (Alexander Gillet)|My soul lies cleaving to the dust]] | ||
*[[Alexandria (Alexander Gillet)|My spirit sinks within me, Lord]] | *[[Alexandria (Alexander Gillet)|My spirit sinks within me, Lord]] | ||
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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 04:27, 3 December 2019
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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