Alto Recorder,Recorder Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580068 Composed by Conrad Kocher. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas,Sacred. Individual part. 3 pages. David Warin Solomons #3548057. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580068). The tune for As with gladness men of old has a complex history. It began as a keyboard tune by the Stuttgart organist Conrad (or Konrad) Kocher, born in 1786.