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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1BIOGRAPHIES
3Hiller
4servatory, where he earned his way by teaching music and by taking part in concerts as flutist or singer, and here he began his work as an author and composer. He next became a tutor in the home of Count Brühl, going with his pupil to Leipsic, where he resigned his position as tutor and gave his time to concert music and to literature. In 1763 he was director of the Liehaber concerts, and in 1771 he founded a school which aided in the formation of good choir for concerts; to support this institution he gave performances of Handel's and Graun's oratorios. Hiller was, in 1789, precentor of St. Thomas School, retained this position until 1801 and also gave private instruction. Well known among his pupils were Corona Schröter and the Podleski sisters, who induced him to go to Mitau in 1782. Here he won the esteem of the Duke of Courland, who established a band, made Hiller leader, and pensioned him.
6His compositions show the influence of Hasse and Graun, whose operas and sacred compositions he studied thoroughly and even copied scores of several of Hasse's operas, but his originality was shown in the series of operetta or singspiel he wrote. While an outgrowth of the French operetta, he put the stamp of his own individuality and of the German style upon them, and will always hold his place in history as the originator of the German Singspiel. They were The Village Barber; The Harvest Wreath; Love in the Country; Lottie at Court; and The Chase. They combine Italian beauty and German solidity. Others of his compositions are a setting of the 100th Psalm; a Passion cantata; funeral music in honor of Hasse; symphonies, and partitas. He edited Weisse's Songs for Children; a choral book; and cantatas.
8Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich. 1765-1814.
9Born at Treuenbrieseen, Brandenburg. Though he gave some time to the cultivation of music, he was educated at Halle for the church. When Frederick William II. heard him play upon the piano he encouraged and aided his further musical study. He studied for three years with Nau mann, and at the end of that time returned to Berlin, where by his compositions he again won the esteem of the King, who made him his chamber-composer, and gave him two years' study in Italy. In 1795 he returned to assume the duties of chapelmaster at Berlin. He visited Stockholm and St. Petersburg, where the Emperor commissioned him to write an opera, Alessandro; lived a while at Riga, and in 1800 returned to Berlin. His works include many songs which were popular in his day; several operas, Fanchon, perhaps, best known of them; an oratorio; a cantata; a mass; vespers; a concerto; and sonatas.
11Hinton
12* Hinrichs, Gustave. 1850-
13Opera conductor and dramatic composer; born at Ludwigshist, Mecklenburg, Germany. After being graduated from the Ludwigshist Gymnasium, he went to Hamburg, where he studied music under Angelo Reissland and Edward Marxen, the teacher of Brahms. He came to America in 1870, and for two years was associate conductor with Theodore Thomas at the National Opera in New York City. For several years he was a professor at the National Conservatory of Music in New York and director at Columbia University and the Metropolitan Opera Company. For ten years he managed his own opera company in Philadelphia, during that time introducing Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci to the American public. He has composed operas, symphonies, choruses and songs, notably the romantic grand opera in three acts, Onti-Ora, which was performed by his own company in Philadelphia.
15Hinton, Arthur. 1869-
16A well known English composer of orchestral work. Hinton was born at Beckenham, and educated at Shrewsbury for a commercial career, but he inclined to music and took a three years' course in the Royal Academy. He also studied violin and composition, and became sub-professor of violin. He later continued his study in Munich with Rheinberger. After some months spent abroad, during which time he wrote an opera, an orchestral fantasia and a symphony, he returned to London, where he has conducted theatre orchestras and has been connected with various musical societies in different capacities. Hinton's piano pieces are of great beauty; his orchestral work, The Triumph of
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