John Twiname Gardner (2 August 1854, in

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– 15 February 1914, in Kensington) was a general practitioner and composer of much published parlour and light music. From 1888 to 1903 he worked as a family doctor in

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, North Devon, where he conducted the local choral society and was generally a mainstay of musical life in the town. He was the grandfather of the well-known composer John Gardner. J.T. Gardner's ''White Star Polka March'' was held in the music libraries of the ships of the White Star Line, including ''Titanic''.

List of published compositions

Instrumental works

''Bella Vista'' (Valse)
''Britannia'' - a Patriotic Selection - Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. (1901)
''Carissima'' (Waltz) - Francis Day and Hunter (1897)
''Celestine'' (Valse) - Francis Brothers and Day
''Cherie'' (Valse) - Francis Brothers and Day
''Clair de Lune'' (Valse) -Francis Brothers and Day
''Danse des Lutins'' - Francis Brothers and Day
''Ma Vie'' (Valse) -Frances Day and Hunter
''Marjorie'' (Gavotte) - Francis Brothers and Day
''Mavourneen'' (Waltz)- Francis Day and Hunter (1899)
''Minuet in A'' -Willcocks and Co
''The Pullman Express'' (Descriptive galop) - Francis Day and Hunter (1904)
''Querida'' (Valse) - Francis Day and Hunter (1892)
''Le Reve d'Amour'' - Francis Brothers and Day
''White Star'' (Polka March)
- Francis Day and Hunter

Vocal works

''Against the Stream''
''The Better Land'' - Willcocks & Co. ''The Children's Prayer''
''Caught at Last'' - Willcocks & Co.
''Come May with all thy flowers'' - Marriott & Williams
''Come back my love to me'' - Marriott & Williams
''Dearest to me'' - Willcocks & Co.
''The Drummer Boy'' - W.W. Warne
''God Bless the Royal Pair'' - Twiss & Sons, Ilfracombe (1893)
''God Save the King'' - Novello & Co.
''Jesu, Lover of my Soul'' - Willcocks & Co.
''The Merry Muleteer'' - Marriott & Williams (1892)
''Old Friends'' - Marriott & Williams
''Peaceful be thy sleeping'' - Willcocks & Co.
''The Roseate Hues'' - Willcocks & Co.
''The song we ne'er may sing'' -B. Mocatta & Co.
''We Fear no Foreign Foe'' - Marriott & Williams
''Zingarella'' - J.B. Cramer & Co. Biographical information is from the Gardner family archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, John Twiname 1854 births 1914 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors English composers People from South Molton Musicians from Devon 19th-century English musicians