Wilfred Sanderson (1878–1935) was an English composer. He was organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Stephen,
Walthamstow,
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
from 1896, then the London Churches of All Hallows, Southwark from 1898. A well known work, ''The Glory of the Sea'', recorded by the
bass-baritone Peter Dawson in 1933, is a father's tribute to his son lost at sea.
[Jeffrey Richards ''Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876-1953'' Page 513 2001 -"Death at sea in the service of the nation remains a noble sacrifice, as classically expressed in Wilfred Sanderson's The Glory of the Sea (recorded by Dawson in 1933). It is a father's tribute to his son lost at sea. 'She sailed for England's honour ..."]
Works
*"As I Sit Here"
*"Beyond the Dawn"
*"Friend o' Mine"
*"God Be with Our Boys Tonight"
*"The Trumpet Call"
*"The Valley of Laughter"
*"Time to Go"
*"Until"
*"Up from Somerset"
*"The Carpet 1925"
*"Be Still, Blackbird!"
*"Shipmates o' Mine"
References
1878 births
1935 deaths
English composers
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