Introduction

Biography

Gardiner’s mu­sic­al gift ap­peared ear­ly: At age six, he sang a so­lo at the wed­ding of his friend’s fa­ther. He lat­er learned to play the pi­ano and vi­o­la, and as a teen­ag­er wrote a march for troops re­turn­ing from war in Am­er­ica.

As his mu­sic­al tastes ma­tured, he was an ad­mir­er of Beet­ho­ven and Hay­dn. He be­came a mem­ber of the His­tor­ic­al In­sti­tute in Pa­ris in 1843.

Works

• Sacred Me­lo­dies from Hay­dn, Moz­art, and Beet­ho­ven, Adapt­ed to the Best Eng­lish Po­ets and Ap­prop­ri­at­ed to the Use of the Briti­sh Church (Lon­don: 1812–15)
• Music and Friends, 1836