Born: 1750, Lam­beth, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: March 15, 1809, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of a school­mas­ter, Gaw­ler was an or­gan­ist, teach­er, and com­pos­er. His Op. 2, a col­lect­ion of piec­es for harp­si­chord or pi­a­no­for­te, was pub­lished by Pres­ton in the Strand in 1780. “Har­mon­ia Sacra,” con­tain­ing psalm tunes, anthems, hymns, and a vol­un­ta­ry, ap­peared in 1781. In 1784 Gaw­ler was ap­point­ed or­gan­ist (with a sal­a­ry of £63l) to the Asy­lum for Fe­male Or­phans, Lam­beth; he com­posed for their cha­pel music (Op. 16) to ‘Twelve Di­vine Songs’ by Isaac Watts, and col­lect­ed the psalm tunes in use there in 1785; two sets of vol­un­tar­ies for the or­gan (Grove); and some pa­tri­o­tic songs. He was par­ish clerk at Lam­beth for ma­ny years, re­tir­ing in 1802. His works in­clude:

• Psalms and Hymns Used at the Asy­lum for Fe­male Or­phans, 1785

Sources

Music

1. Goshen