Gerald Mills Hendrie, (born 28 October 1935; at

Westcliff-on-Sea Westcliff-on-Sea (previously known as Milton, often abbreviated to Westcliff, and in the past spelt as Westcliffe-on-Sea) is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, located within the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north sh ...

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), is an English scholar, composer, organist, pianist and harpsichordist.

Education

Framlingham College Framlingham College is a public school ( boarding and day school) in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its preparatory school and nursery at Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from 3 to 18 years of age ...

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

, 1949–52, Foundation Scholar *

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

(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 Selwyn College, Cambridge is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield), Georg ...

1954–61, Organ Scholar. (BA 1957, MusB with distinction 1958, MA 1961, Ph.D. 1962); *

Royal College of Organists The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is a charity and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, with members worldwide. Its role is to promote and advance organ playing and choral music, and it offers music education, training and de ...

(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 Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Located in Canterbury, Kent, it is one of the oldest Christianity, Ch ...

including first-ever Eurovision Broadcast, ‘Carols from Canterbury’. * 1960-61 Acting Organist and Choirmaster,

Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Norwich and the mother church of the dioc ...

* During 1962, Acting Assistant Organist,

Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Church of England, Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral can trace its origin to the abbey founded in Ely in 67 ...

Academic posts

* Director of Music,

Homerton College, Cambridge Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894, the col ...

1962-3 * Lecturer in Music,

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

1963-7 * Founding Professor of Music,

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...

, British Columbia 1967-69 * Founding Professor of Music,

Open University The Open University (OU) is a Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate ...

1969-85 (early retirement) * Director of Studies in Music,

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...

1980-83 * Visiting Fellow,

University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

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 th
British Music Society
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* ''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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrie, Gerald English composers English harpsichordists English organists Alumni of the Royal College of Music 1935 births People from Essex Living people Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge English musicologists Academics of the University of Cambridge