Gordon Saunders Explained

Joseph Gordon Saunders MusD (183717 January 1912)[1] [2] [3] was a composer of songs, church music and organ music.[4] He was also a teacher of composition, piano, harmony and counterpoint at the Trinity College of Music.[5] He was known to have conducted ensemble classes.[6]

Saunders studied with the organist and composer Edward John Hopkins and also with organist and composer Elizabeth Stirling and virtuoso pianist and composer Henry Litolff. He studied at the University of Oxford where he gained a Doctor of Music. Whilst at Oxford, he wrote a textbook on counterpoint, Examples in strict counterpoint (old and new), which was endorsed by the university.

Saunders was the first teacher of British composer Granville Bantock[7] [8] at the Trinity College of Music, London, where he was one of the seven founding members of the college.

As part of his role at the Trinity College of Music, Saunders was an examiner and in 1896 he travelled to Australia and New Zealand to conduct numerous graded music examinations in multiple cities, Adelaide, Melbourne, Ballarat, Tasmania, and Brisbane.[9]

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  1. Book: Pfitzinger, Scott . Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students . 1 March 2017 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-7225-5 . 247 . en . Hopkins, Edward J. (1818-1901) England. ...Students: Clark, Frederick Scotson; Pearce, Stephen Austen; Saunders, Gordon..
  2. Web site: Saunders, Gordon, 1837-1912 . 3 March 2023 . id.loc.gov . LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
  3. Book: Henderson, John . A Directory of Composers for Organ . 1996 . John Henderson . 1996 . 978-0-9528050-0-7 . en . gb97012447 . (Joseph) Gordon Saunders, pupil of Elizabeth Stirling, W. Rea, E.J. Hopkins and H. Litolff, was a co-founder of Trinity College London and a teacher of Granville Bantock. He published many piano teaching pieces and a number of organ pieces..
  4. News: 3 November 1896 . Dr Gordon Saunders – Our Standard of Education . 3 . The Sydney Morning Herald . Dr. Saunders is a Doctor of Music of the University of Oxford, and his work on "Counterpoint" has been accepted at Oxford as one of the text books on the subject... ...Dr. Saunders is also known as a composer of songs and church music : but above all may be placed the fact that he is one of the seven original founders of Trinity College. . Trove.
  5. Book: Johnson, Edward . The Educational Annual . 1890 . en . Harmony and Counterpoint. – Prof. Gordon Saunders, Mus. D....
  6. Book: Baltzell, Winton James . Baltzell's Dictionary of Musicians: Containing Concise Biographical Sketches of Musicians of the Past and Present... . 1914 . O. Ditson . en . 15000540 . Saunders, Joseph Gordon; b. 1837, London; d. Jan. 17, 1912, [London]; Mus. Doc. Oxford Univ., 1878; a founder of Trinity College, London; teacher of pfte., harmony, and condr. ensemble class; composer of church music, studies for pfte. and organ)..
  7. Book: Seddon, Dr Laura . British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century . 28 October 2013 . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. . 978-1-4724-0215-8 . en . 2013002718 . Bantock, Granville (1868–1946) Bantock was taught firstly by Gordon Saunders at Trinity College and then at the RAM by Frederick Corder..
  8. Book: Pfitzinger, Scott . Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students . 1 March 2017 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-7225-5 . 29 . en . 2016049946 . Bantock, Granville (1869-1946) England. Teachers: Corder, Frederick; Saunders, Gordon..
  9. Elliott . Frances . Southcott . Jane . 2021 . Examinations in the Life of Studio Music Teachers in Australia prior to 1920 . Journal of Historical Research in Music Education . en . 42 . 2 . 139–158 . 10.1177/1536600619878562 . 210451618 . 1536-6006 . In 1896, Dr. Gordon Saunders (1837–1912), cofounder, senior professor, and registrar of the College, was the examiner sent to assess a larger number of candidates in Adelaide, Melbourne, Ballarat, and the chief cities of New Zealand, Tasmania, and Sydney. . Sage Journals.
  10. Web site: Saunders, Gordon – Eight Traditional Japanese Pieces . 3 March 2023 . abrsm.org . . NOV120507.
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  12. 1868 . Review of Memories. Song . The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular . 13 . 307 . 519 . 10.2307/3352454 . 3352454 . 0958-8434.
  13. Book: The Musical World . J. Alfredo Novello . 1868 . 46 . United Kingdom . 508 . Memories. Song. Verses by J. C. Harman, Esq.; music by Gordon Saunders. [London: Ashdown & Parry.] An easy and graceful ballad – music and words being above the average..
  14. Web site: I will give thanks. Thanksgiving anthem WorldCat.org . 5 March 2023 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  15. Web site: Mazurka for the Pianoforte WorldCat.org . 5 March 2023 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  16. Saunders . Gordon . 1881 . The Lord is in His holy temple: anthem . Novello's Collection of Anthems . 12 . 146–154 . 1038083738.
  17. Web site: Polish Dance for pianoforte WorldCat.org . 5 March 2023 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  18. Web site: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F WorldCat.org . 5 March 2023 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  19. Harding . H. A. . 1929 . Church and Organ Music. Royal College of Organists . The Musical Times . 70 . 1032 . 142–153 . 10.2307/917072 . 917499 . 0027-4666 . Messrs. Hammond publish 'A Practical Treatise on the Art of Phrasing' by Gordon Saunders....
  20. 1897 . Review of A Practical Treatise on the Art of Phrasing . The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular . 38 . 651 . 318 . 10.2307/3366974 . 3366974 . 0958-8434.
  21. Book: Saunders, Gordon . Examples in Strict Counterpoint (old and New) . 1899 . Novello, Ewer . en.
  22. Saunders . Gordon . 1 July 1893 . Examples in Strict Counterpoint, Old and New . The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular . 34 . 605 . 425 . 10.2307/3363946 . 3363946 . 0958-8434.
  23. Saunders . Gordon . 1 December 1901 . Examples in Strict Counterpoint (Old and New). Part II . The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular . 42 . 706 . 817 . 10.2307/3369219 . 3369219 . 0958-8434. subscription .
  24. Book: Saunders, Gordon . Examples in strict counterpoint: old and new . 1912 . Novello . en.

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