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A cyclopaedic dictionary of music; comprising 18,000 musical terms and phrases, over 6,000 biographical notices of musicians, and 500 articles on musical topics, with an appendix .., 1919
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1HILDEBRAND, Zacharias. Celebrated org. builder; b. Saxony, 1680; d. 1743. His son, Johann Gottfried, built the fine org. at St. Michael's Church, Hamburg.
3HILES, Henry. B. Shrewsbury, 1826; d. 1904. Orgt. St. Paul's, Manchester, 1864-7; Mus.Doc. Oxon, 1867.
4Prof. of harmony, &c., Owen's Coll., Manchester, 1876; and in 1879 at Victoria University.
5Works: "Grammar of Music," "Harmony of Sounds," "Part-writing, or Modern Counterpoint;" 2 oratorios, cantatas, anthems, hymns, part-songs, &c.
7HILES, John. Brother of preceding; b. Shrewsbury, 1810; d. 1882. Organist.
8Works: catechisms of harmony, part-singing, pf., organ, thorough bass, &c.; a Dictionary of Musical Terms; pf. pieces, and songs.
10HILF, Arno. Violinist; Bad Elster, Saxony, 1858-1909. Studied Leipzig. Leader Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, 1888.
12Hilfs (G.). Helping, auxiliary.
13Hilfs'linie. A leger line.
14Hilfs'note. An auxiliary note.
15Hilfs'stimme. A mutation stop (mixture, quint, tierce).
17HILL, Carmen. Contemporary contralto vocalist.
19HILL, Lady Arthur. (See A. F. Harrison.)
21HILL, John. Norwich, 1797-1846.
22Founded the Norwich Choral Society.
24HILL, Junius W. American musician; b. Massachusetts, 1840.
25Studied Leipzig Cons. Prof. of music, Wellesley Coll., Boston, 1886-97.
26Works: female choruses, pf. pieces, &c.
28HILL, Karl. Fine baritone; b. Idstein, 1840; d. 1893. Wagner selected him for the rôles of "Alberich" in Der Ring, Bayreuth, 1876, and "Klingsor," in Parsifal, 1882.
30HILL, Thos. Hy. Weist. Violinist; London, 1828-91. First Principal, Guildhall School of Music, 1880-91.
32HILL, Ureli C. New York, 1802(?) – 75. Violinist; pupil of Spohr. First President, New York Philharmonic Society, 1842.
34HILL, Wm. Organ builder; London, 1800-70.
35With Dr. Gauntlett introduced the CC organ keyboard (in the place of the old G or F keyboards), the system now generally adopted.
37HILL, Wm. Ebsworth. Renowned violin maker; London, 1817-95.
39HIL'LE, Gustav. Violinist; b. nr. Berlin, 1851. Studied under Joachim. Now resides in America.
40Works: concertos and other vn. pieces, pf. pieces, songs, &c.
42HIL'LEMACHER, Paul J. G. (b. Paris, 1852), and Lucien J. E. (b. Paris, 1860), Brothers; well-known operatic composers who write all their works in collaboration. Pupils of the Paris Cons.; the elder took the Grand Prix de Rome in 1876, and the younger in 1880.
43Works: Symphonic Legend Loreley (1882); operas St. Mégrin (1886), Le Drac, &c., songs, orchestral music, &c.
45HIL'LER, Ferdinand von. B. Frankfort, 1811; d. Cologne, 1885.
46Of Jewish descent; played a Mozart pf. concerto in public at 10. Pupil of Hummel, 1825. "As a boy of 15 saw Beethoven on his death bed." Lived in Paris, 1828-35, where he was renowned as an interpreter of Beethoven's pf. works. Conducted his oratorio Die Zerstörung Jerusalems, at Mendelssohn's invitation, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1840. Capellmeister, Cologne, 1850; organized the Cologne Cons.; conducted the Lower Rhine musical festivals, Gürzenich Concerts, &c. Retired 1884.
47Works: 6 operas, 2 oratorios, 6 cantatas, church music, choral music, over 100 songs, pf. music (including the concerto in F# minor), some fine chamber music, 3 overtures, 3 symphonies, &c. He also wrote several musical papers, essays, &c., and was an able lecturer.
49HIL'LER, Friedrich A. Son of J. A. below; b. Leipzig, 1768; d. 1812.
50Music-director, Schwerin Theatre, 1790; Altona, 1796; Königsberg, 1803.
51Wrote 4 operettas, 6 string quartets, pf. music.
53HIL'LER (HÜLLER), Johann A. B. nr. Görlitz, 1728; d. Leipzig, 1804. After early struggles, settled in Leipzig (1758) and revived the "Subscription Concerts" (1763), which developed into the famous "Gewandhaus Concerts." Hiller was the first conductor. He was also Music-director at the Thomasschule, 1789-1801. He originated the German "Singspiel" or "song play;" many of his songs are still very popular.
54Works: several Singspiele (Lottchen am Hoje (1760), &c.), a Passion cantata, symphonies, a "choralbuch," many arrangements of classical compositions, &c. He also wrote and edited numerous theoretical works.
56HILPERT, W. K. F. 'Cellist; b. Nuremberg, 1841; d. 1896.
57One of the founders of the "Florentine Quartet." Prof. Royal Music School, Munich, 1884.
59HIL'TON, John. English musician; d. 1657. Mus.B.'Cantab, 1626. Organist, St. Margaret's, Westminster, 1628.
60Works: madrigals, "Ayres, or Fa-las for 3 Voyces" (1627), catches, services, anthems.
62HILTON, Robt. Bass vocalist; b. Preston, 1840. Vicar-choral, Westminster Abbey, since 1870. D. 1913.
64HIM'MEL, Friedrich H. Pianist; b. nr. Brandenburg, 1765; d. 1814. Court Capellmeister, Berlin, 1795; visited St. Petersburg (1798) and Riga (1799). Visited London 1801.
65Works: several operas, Il primo navigatore (Venice, 1794), Alessandro (St. Petersburg, 1798), Fanchon, das Leiermädchen (his best, Berlin, 1804), &c., an oratorio, church music, chamber music, and many songs.
67Himm'lisch (G.). Heavenly, celestial, ethereal.
69Hinauf'strich (G.). Up-bow (violin, &c.).
70Hinauf'stimmen. To raise the pitch
71Hinauf'ziehen. An upward portamento.
73HINCKLEY, Allen C. Baritone; b. Boston (U.S.), 1877.
75HINE, Wm. B. Brightwell, Oxfordshire, 1687; d. 1730. Orgt. Gloucester Cath., 1712. Pub. "Select Anthems in Score."
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