John Edmund Paul Aldous (8 December 1853 – 23 January 1934) was a Canadian
organist,
conductor,
composer, and
music educator of English birth. His compositional output includes many short pieces for
piano,
organ,
choir, and voice. He also composed four
operettas:
Ptarmigan or A Canadian Carnival (published 1895),
A Golden Catch,
Nancy or All for Love, and
The Poster Girl (published 1902). Some of his more well known works are
Prelude and Fugue for organ, the choral works
Grant, We Beseech Thee, Merciful Lord and
Blessed Are the Dead that Die in the Lord, and the hymn
Egypt, all of which have been reprinted several times.