Gordon Saunders

Joseph Gordon Saunders MusD (1837 – 17 January 1912)[1][2][3] was a composer of songs, church music and organ music.

[4] He was also a teacher of composition, piano, harmony and counterpoint at the Trinity College of Music.

[3] He studied at the University of Oxford where he gained a Doctor of Music.

[4] Saunders was the first teacher of British composer Granville Bantock[8][9] at the Trinity College of Music, London, where he was one of the seven founding members of the college.

[10] As part of his role at the Trinity College of Music, Saunders was an examiner and in 1896 he travelled to Australia and New Zealand to conduct numerous graded music examinations in multiple cities, Adelaide, Melbourne, Ballarat, Tasmania, and Brisbane.