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Grove's dictionary of music and musicians, 1904
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1bury, as his brother's deputy; at Bury in 1846; at Bishopwearmouth in 1847; St. Michael's, Wood Street, in 1859; at the Blind Asylum, Manchester, in Aug. 1859; at Bowden in 1861; at St. Paul's, Manchester, 1863-67. In 1852-59 he travelled round the world on account of ill-health. He received the degrees of Mus.B. Oxon., 1862, and Mus.D. 1867. In the latter year he resigned his post of organist; in 1876 he became lecturer on harmony and composition at Owens College, and in 1879 at the Victoria University; he was one of the promoters of the National Society of Professional Musicians (see p. 464). He was conductor of several musical societies in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and was editor and proprietor of the Quarterly Musical Review, a modern namesake of the well-known magazine of that name, which lasted from 1885 to 1888. In 1893 he was appointed Professor at the Manchester College of Music. He retired to Pinner, near Harrow, in 1904, and died at Worthing on Oct. 20 of that year. His compositions include 'David,' oratorio, 1860; 'The Patriarchs,' oratorio, 1872; 'War in the Household,' operetta, 1885, from the German of Castelli ('Häusliche Krieg'), originally composed by Schubert; 'Harold,' overture, composed 1893; 'Watchfulness,' 'Fayre Pastorel,' and 'The Crusaders,' cantatas; settings of Psalms xlvii. and xcvii.; several anthems, services, and part-songs (his glee, 'Hushed in Death,' is very popular; it obtained the prize offered by the Manchester Gentlemen's Glee Club, 1878); 'Installation Ode,' Victoria University, 1892, and other choral works. Prelude and Fugue in A; Do. in D minor, a Sonata in G minor, six Impromptus, two Sets, 'Festival March,' 'Youth,' a concert-overture, etc. for organ; pianoforte pieces and songs. He has written books on music, Grammar of Music, two vols., Forsyth Bros. 1879; Harmony of Sounds, three editions, 1871, 1872, 1879; First Lessons in Singing, Hime & Addison, Manchester, 1881; Part Writing or Modern Counterpoint, Novello, 1884. Harmony or Counterpoint? 1889; Harmony, Choral or Contrapuntal, 1894. (A biographical sketch appeared in the Musical Times for July 1900.)
3His elder brother, John, born 1810, at Shrewsbury, was also an organist at Shrewsbury, Portsmouth, Brighton, and London. He wrote pianoforte pieces, songs, and musical works, A Catechism for the Pianoforte Student, Catechism for the Organ (1878), Catechism for Harmony and Thorough Bass, Catechism for Part Singing, Dictionary of 12,500 Musical Terms (1871), etc. He died in London, Feb. 4, 1882. A. C.
5HILL, HENRY, a distinguished English viola player, a son of Henry Lockey Hill, the violin-maker, was born in London, July 2, 1808, and died on June 11, 1856, in the same city. His early life as a musician was uneventful, and the success that he achieved in after life was not due to any particular training he received, but to his own inherent ability. He became the leading viola player of his time at the Opera, the provincial Festivals, and the principal oratorio concerts, and he especially made a name for himself as a player of chamber music. He was a cultured musician and a man of scholarly attainments. He was a member of the Queen's Private Band, of Ella's Musical Union, and the Queen's Square Select Society, playing at most of their concerts; and in association with Mr. Alsager he was one of the founders of the Beethoven Quartet Society, for the analytical programmes of which he was responsible. He made the acquaintance of Berlioz, and he played the solo part in 'Harold en Italie' on the occasion of its first performance in London, Feb. 7, 1848. Berlioz, in his Soirées de l'Orchestre, speaks of Hill and his incomparable instrument, which it is interesting to add was made by the English maker, Barak Norman. An admirable lithograph portrait of Henry Hill was drawn by Baugniet, a well-known draughtsman of the time.
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9HILL, JOSEPH, a London violin and other instrument maker, who was born in 1715 and died in 1784. He worked at 'Ye Harp and Hautboy' in Piccadilly, then in High Holborn; afterwards at the 'Violin' in Angel Court, Westminster, and finally at the Harp and Flute in the Haymarket in 1762. From this address he issued some volumes of music, being sets of lessons for the harpsichord by different authors. He was ancestor to a line of fiddle-makers, the descendants of whom are Messrs. W. E. Hill & Sons, of New Bond Street. [Information from Mr. Arthur F. Hill.] one of two readings
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12HILL, JOSEPH, a London violin and other instrument maker, who was born in 1715 and died in 1784. He worked at 'Ye Harp and Hautboy' in Piccadilly, then in High Holborn; afterwards at the 'Violin' in Angel Court, Westminster, and finally at the Harp and Flute in the Haymarket in 1762. From this address he issued some volumes of music, being sets of lessons for the harpsichord by different authors. He was ancestor to a line of fiddle-makers, the descendants of whom are Messrs. W. E. Hill & Sons, of New Bond Street. [Information from Mr. Arthur F. Hill.] F. K. one of two readings
14HILL, THOMAS HENRY WEIST-, born in London, Jan. 23, 1828; was taught violin-playing by Sainton at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1845 was elected King's Scholar. He first appeared at an Academy Concert in 1847, in Spohr's 9th Concerto, and subsequently went to America, where he introduced Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. He afterwards undertook a professional tour in Europe, and in 1849 became a member of Costa's band at the Royal Italian Opera and elsewhere. In 1871 he followed his old conductor to Drury Lane, where he filled the post of Director of the Ballet Music, and then to Her Majesty's till 1879. In 1873, and in 1875-76, he was conductor at the Alexandra Palace, and displayed great energy in that department, giving performances of Handel's 'Esther' and 'Susanna,' Gade's 'Spring Fantasia,' Berlioz's 'Danse des Sylphes,' compositions of Saint-Saëns, etc. Mr. Hill introduced to the British public the works of Bizet and Massenet, the former by his 'Patrie' Overture, the 'Arlésienne' Suite, and Ballet music, 'Fair Maid of Perth'; the latter by his 'Scènes Pittoresques.' In 1877 and 1878 he conducted a short season of English opera at Her
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