chorus master of "the Geraldo Glee Club") and appeared at the Royal Festival Hall in London as a conductor and pianist. Gilder also wrote plays, poetry and fiction and contributed to music periodicals. He was married (on 23 December 1939) with two daughters, and lived in his later years at 21 Fieldend, Twickenham. Composer As a composer Gilder has been entirely forgotten, but he wrote orchestral, choral, theatre and television music, pantomime music and lyrics, collaborating with the actor and writer John Crocker (1925-2015), as well as 200 songs (some with salon orchestra parts) and numerous solo piano pieces. Selected works Seascape for piano and orchestra (1939) The Tide for soprano, baritone, chorus, organ and orchestra (1945) Christmas Sounds for soli, chorus and orchestra (1950) A Busy Song: three part song for soprano, mezzo and alto with piano (words and music by Gilder) (published Curwen, 1951) Gavotte for piano (published Noel Gay Music, 1951) Hear Our Music, choir and piano (published Manor Music Co, 1951) I Will Wait, song (words and music by Gilder) (published Manor Music Co, 1951) Nursery Suite for orchestra (1953) A Sea Suite for orchestra (1954) La Contadina (The Little Match Girl), soli and light orchestra (published Ricordi, 1954) Three Gifts, soli and light orchestra (words and music by Gilder) (published, Ricordi, 1954) A Processional Overture (1975) Sonata for Violin and Piano (1979) Three Pastorals for orchestra (1981) Danse Fantastique, piano duet Many pantomime scores and lyrics in collaboration with John Crocker, still in use, including Aladdin, Puss in Boots and Red Riding Hood (1960s) Author Troubled Waters (radio play, broadcast 17 July 1946, BBC Home Service) Mister Potter's Play (radio play, broadcast 15 May 1948, BBC Home Service) Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (with June G Port, 1978) The Back Stairs, short story (broadcast 18 June 1980) References > English musicologists English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) English classical pianists Male classical pianists Alumni of the Royal College of Music 1911 births 2000 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century British conductors (music) 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century English composers 20th-century British musicologists 20th-century British male musicians British music educators Music schools in England