Alexander Gillet

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. There is no Wikipedia page.

List of choral works

A. LISTED BY TITLE

1. Psalm-tunes

Addison All Saints Amanda Babylon (1786) Babylon

Berkley (1792) Berkley Farmington Freedom Gratitude

Humility Millennium New England New Stratford Norfolk

Pardoning Grace Psalm 25 Richmond Torrington Turkey Hills

Union

2. Set pieces

Alexandria Augusta Granby

Hatfield Judgment Messiah

Morning Star Plainfield Ripton

Suffering Savior Topsfield Torringford

B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE

Alas, and did my Savior bleed Along the banks where Babel's current flows Along the banks where Babel's current flows Come, sound his praise abroad Death, like an overflowing stream Ere God had built the mountains From deep distress and troubled thoughts Go, worship at Emmanuel's feet Here at thy cross, my dying God How pleasant 'tis to see How short and hasty is our life

I lift my soul to God Jesus Christ, the Lord's anointed Joy to the world! The Lord is come Let all the earth their voice raise My soul lies cleaving to the dust My spirit sinks within me, Lord My thoughts on aweful subjects roll O tell me no more Once more, my soul, the rising day Out of the deeps of long distress Shall the vile race of flesh and blood

Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive Sweet is the work, my God, my King That awful day will surely come The Lord my pasture shall prepare The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high Think, mighty God, on feeble man This is the day the Lord hath made This life's a dream, an empty show What a mournful life is mine What shall I render to my God Ye worlds of light, that roll so near

 
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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.

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