John Twiname Gardner

John Twiname Gardner (2 August 1854, in South Molton – 15 February 1914, in Kensington) was a general practitioner and composer of much published parlour and light music. From 1888 to 1903 he worked as a family doctor in Ilfracombe, North Devon, where he conducted the local choral society and was generally a mainstay of musical life in the town. He was the grandfather of the well-known composer John Gardner.

J.T. Gardner's White Star Polka March was held in the music libraries of the ships of the White Star Line, including Titanic.

Instrumental works
Bella Vista (Valse)

Britannia - a Patriotic Selection - Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. (1901)

Carissima (Waltz) - Francis Day and Hunter  (1897)

Celestine (Valse) - Francis Brothers and Day

Cherie (Valse) - Francis Brothers and Day

Clair de Lune (Valse) -Francis Brothers and Day

Danse des Lutins - Francis Brothers and Day

Ma Vie (Valse) -Frances Day and Hunter

Marjorie (Gavotte) - Francis Brothers and Day

Mavourneen (Waltz)- Francis Day and Hunter (1899)

Minuet in A -Willcocks and Co

The Pullman Express (Descriptive galop) - Francis Day and Hunter (1904)

Querida (Valse) - Francis Day and Hunter (1892)

Le Reve d'Amour - Francis Brothers and Day

White Star (Polka March) - Francis Day and Hunter

Vocal works
Against the Stream

The Better Land - Willcocks & Co. The Children's Prayer

Caught at Last - Willcocks & Co.

Come May with all thy flowers - Marriott & Williams

Come back my love to me	 - Marriott & Williams

Dearest to me - Willcocks & Co.

The Drummer Boy - W.W. Warne

God Bless the Royal Pair - Twiss & Sons, Ilfracombe (1893)

God Save the King - Novello & Co.

Jesu, Lover of my Soul - Willcocks & Co.

The Merry Muleteer - Marriott & Williams (1892)

Old Friends - Marriott & Williams

Peaceful be thy sleeping - Willcocks & Co.

The Roseate Hues - Willcocks & Co.

The song we ne'er may sing -B. Mocatta & Co.

We Fear no Foreign Foe - Marriott & Williams

Zingarella - J.B. Cramer & Co.