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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 14 August 1749, Granby, Connecticut
'''Born:''' 14 August 1749, Granby, Connecticut
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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.
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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*[[Suffering Savior (Alexander Gillet)|Alas, and did my Savior bleed]]
*[[Suffering Savior (Alexander Gillet)|Alas, and did my Savior bleed]]
*[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]]
*[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]]
*[[Babylon (1786) (Alexander Gillet)|Along the banks where Babel's current flows]]
*[[Granby (Alexander Gillet)|Come, sound his praise abroad]]
*[[Granby (Alexander Gillet)|Come, sound his praise abroad]]
*[[Amanda (Alexander Gillet)|Death, like an overflowing stream]]
*[[Amanda (Alexander Gillet)|Death, like an overflowing stream]]
*[[Richmond (Alexander Gillet)|Ere God had built the mountains]]
*[[Pardoning Grace (Alexander Gillet)|From deep distress and troubled thoughts]]
*[[Pardoning Grace (Alexander Gillet)|From deep distress and troubled thoughts]]
*[[Messiah (Alexander Gillet)|Go, worship at Emmanuel's feet]]
*[[Torrington (Alexander Gillet)|Here at thy cross, my dying God]]
*[[Torrington (Alexander Gillet)|Here at thy cross, my dying God]]
*[[Addison (Alexander Gillet)|How pleasant 'tis to see]]
*[[Turkey Hills (Alexander Gillet)|How short and hasty is our life]]
*[[Turkey Hills (Alexander Gillet)|How short and hasty is our life]]
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*[[Psalm 25 (Alexander Gillet)|I lift my soul to God]]
*[[Psalm 25 (Alexander Gillet)|I lift my soul to God]]
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*[[Berkley (1792) (Alexander Gillet)|Jesus Christ, the Lord's anointed]]
*[[Torringford (Alexander Gillet)|Joy to the world! The Lord is come]]
*[[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]]
*[[New England (Alexander Gillet)|My thoughts on aweful subjects roll]]
*[[New England (Alexander Gillet)|My thoughts on aweful subjects roll]]
*[[Augusta (Alexander Gillet)|O tell me no more]]
*[[Union (Alexander Gillet)|Once more, my soul, the rising day]]
*[[Union (Alexander Gillet)|Once more, my soul, the rising day]]
*[[New Stratford (Alexander Gillet)|Out of the deeps of long distress]]
*[[New Stratford (Alexander Gillet)|Out of the deeps of long distress]]
*[[Ripton (Alexander Gillet)|Shall the vile race of flesh and blood]]
*[[Ripton (Alexander Gillet)|Shall the vile race of flesh and blood]]
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*[[Plainfield (Alexander Gillet)|Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive]]
*[[Plainfield (Alexander Gillet)|Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive]]
*[[Topsfield (Alexander Gillet)|Sweet is the work, my God, my King]]
*[[Topsfield (Alexander Gillet)|Sweet is the work, my God, my King]]
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*[[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]]
*[[Freedom (Alexander Gillet)|The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high]]
*[[Freedom (Alexander Gillet)|The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high]]
*[[Farmington (Alexander Gillet)|Think, mighty God, on feeble man]]
*[[Farmington (Alexander Gillet)|Think, mighty God, on feeble man]]
*[[Hatfield (Alexander Gillet)|This is the day the Lord hath made]]
*[[All Saints (Alexander Gillet)|This life's a dream, an empty show]]
*[[All Saints (Alexander Gillet)|This life's a dream, an empty show]]
*[[Norfolk (Alexander Gillet)|What a mournful life is mine]]
*[[Gratitude (Alexander Gillet)|What shall I render to my God]]
*[[Gratitude (Alexander Gillet)|What shall I render to my God]]
*[[Morning Star (Alexander Gillet)|Ye worlds of light, that roll so near]]
*[[Morning Star (Alexander Gillet)|Ye worlds of light, that roll so near]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
* ''[[Select Harmony (Andrew Law)]]'' 1778, 1779, 1782, 1785
* ''[[Select Harmony (Andrew Law)]]'' 1778, 1779, 1782, 1785
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Latest revision as of 01:15, 23 October 2022

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

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Publications

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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