{{Short description|English scholar, composer, and keyboardist (b. 1935)}} {{More footnotes needed|date=December 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Gerald Hendrie | image = Gerald Hendrie.jpg | birth_name = Gerald Mills Hendrie | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|10|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK | genre = Classical | occupation = Academic, musicologist, composer | instrument = Organ, piano, harpsichord }} '''Gerald Mills Hendrie''', (born 28 October 1935; at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex), is an English scholar, composer, organist, pianist and harpsichordist.
== 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 * ''Twelve New Rags'' Lyrebird Music 2025
=== Organ === * ''Speculo Petro'' AAMP 1968 * ''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, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola 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 * ''Six Concert Studies'' Banks Music Publications 2025 * ''Four Concert Rags'' Lyrebird Music 2025 * ''Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré'' (see above) revised edition in single volume Lyrebird Music 2025
=== 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) * ''Concert Studies Nos. 1-3'' for organ for Andrea Albertin (2021) * ''Concert Studies Nos. 4-6'' for organ for Tom Winpenny (2022–2023) * ''Sicilienne: Hommage à Maurice Duruflé'' for Tom Winpenny (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.
== Recordings == * ''Gerald Hendrie Complete Organ Music Volume 1'' (comprising Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré Sicilienne, Choral: Hommage à César Franck, Specula Petro, Sonata: In Praise of St Asaph), Tom Winpenny, organ of St Albans Cathedral, Toccata Classics 2023. A review from the [https://www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk British Music Society] for this recording can be found [https://www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2023/04/gerald-hendrie-complete-organ-music-volume-one/ here]. * ''Gerald Hendrie Complete Organ Music Volume 2'' (comprising Six Concert Studies, Pastorale and Fughetta, Sonate en Trio, Sonata: In Praise of Reconciliation), Tom Winpenny, organ of St Albans Cathedral, Toccata Classics 2024.
== 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 # ''The Organ Music of Gerald Hendrie'' by Tom Winpenny, in ''Organists' Review'', September 2024
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