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Short Name: | Alan Gray |
Full Name: | Gray, Alan, 1855-1935 |
Birth Year: | 1855 |
Death Year: | 1935 |
Born: December 23, 1855, York, England.
Died: September 27, 1935, Cambridge, England.
Buried: Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Alan Gray (23 December 1855, York – 27 September 1935, Cambridge) was a British organist and composer.
Born in York, he attended St Peter's School in York and Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1883 until 1893 he was Director of Music at Wellington College. In 1893 he returned to Cambridge to be organist at Trinity College, and remained organist there until 1930.
Among his compositions are liturgical music for Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Holy Communion for use in the Church of England according to the Book of Common Prayer, including an Evening Service in f minor, a setting of Holy Communion in G, several anthems, including 'What are these that glow from afar?', and a collection of descants to various hymn tunes, several of which are still in use today (Common Praise (2000) includes four). He also composed a number of items for organ, for violin solo, and for voice and orchestra to religious and secular texts.
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Tunes by Alan Gray (33)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ADESTE FIDELES | Alan Gray (Arranger) | 1 | 11512 55323 43211 |
BATTLE CRY (Gray) | Alan Gray (Composer) | 2 | 11133 21371 76573 |
BRAFFERTON | Alan Gray (Composer) | 2 | 55117 65123 43223 |
BRESLAU | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 2 | 11161 27667 12567 |
BUCKLEBURY | Alan Gray (Arranger) | 1 | 15175 65433 32345 |
DARWALL | Alan Gray, 1855-1935 (Composer (descant)) | 3 | 13153 17654 32231 |
DIADEMATA (Elvey) | Alan Gray (Composer (organ descant)) | 2 | 11133 66514 32235 |
DIX (Kocher) | Alan Gray, 1855 - 1915 (Composer (Descant)) | 3 | 17121 44367 16555 |
FRANCONIA (König) | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 1 | 12345 35614 32517 |
HANOVER (Croft) | Alan Gray, 1855-1935 (Composer (desc.)) | 15 | 51123 51271 23217 |
HOSANNA (Gray) | A. Gray (Composer) | 3 | 51117 76654 32117 |
HYFRYDOL | Alan Gray (Arranger) | 1 | 12123 43212 54332 |
LASTINGHAM | A. Gray (Composer) | 3 | 35431 43327 123 |
MARTYRDOM (Wilson) | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 1 | 51651 23213 53213 |
MELCOMBE (Webbe) | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 2 | 55432 16551 76554 |
MERTON (Monk) | Alan Gray, 1855-1935 (Composer (desc.)) | 3 | 13554 66534 55665 |
MONKLAND | Alan Gray (Composer (descant)) | 2 | 13534 56713 32176 |
NICAEA | Alan Gray (Composer (organ descant)) | 1 | 11335 56666 53555 |
NUN DANKET | Alan Gray (Composer (organ descant)) | 1 | 55566 53432 32155 |
O QUANTA QUALIA | Alan Gray (Arranger) | 1 | 11231 14322 15314 |
OLD HUNDREDTH | Alan Gray (Harmonizer) | 1 | 11765 12333 32143 |
ORIEL (Ett) | A. Gray (1855-1935) (Composer (descant)) | 2 | 11112 34333 21765 |
RICHMOND (Haweis) | Alan Gray, 1855-1935 (Composer (descant)) | 1 | 51354 34213 25171 |
ST. ANNE | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 2 | 53651 17151 5645 |
ST. COLUMBA (Irish) | Alan Gray (Harmonizer) | 1 | 12345 45321 12345 |
ST. FLAVIAN | Alan Gray, 1855-1935 (Composer (Descant)) | 4 | 11713 22114 31233 |
ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (Elvey) | Alan Gray (Arranger) | 1 | 33531 23335 31233 |
ST. LOUIS (Redner) | Alan Gray (Harmonizer and Arranger) | 1 | 33323 54621 712 |
ST. MICHAEL (Genevan) | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 1 | 51322 35432 21176 |
ST. PETER (Reinagle) | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 2 | 51765 54332 14323 |
THE ROYAL MARCH | Alan Gray (Composer) | 2 | 55566 67651 75616 |
VIENNA (Knecht) | Dr. Alan Gray (Composer (Descant)) | 1 | 32135 43671 27654 |
WINCHESTER OLD | Alan Gray (Composer (desc.)) | 9 | 13321 44323 55453 |