Henry Hiles

Henry Hiles (31 December 1826 – 20 October 1904) was an English composer, organist, writer, and music educator.

Life

He was born in Shrewsbury, Hiles was the youngest of six sons. His eldest brother, John Hiles, was known as an arranger of organ music and for authoring several catechisms. He began studying the piano at the age of 4 and began studying the organ just a few years later.[1]

He studied at the University of Oxford where he earned Bachelor of Music and Doctor of Music degrees. In 1892, he founded the Society of Professional Musicians. He was a frequent contributor of articles to The Quarterly Musical Review for which he was also editor and propieter from 1885-1888.[2] He taught for many years on the music faculty of the Royal Manchester College of Music where among his notable pupils was composer Leo Smith.[3] He held a number of church posts during his career, including serving as organist at St Michael Wood Street.

On 20 October 1904, he died at Worthing.[4]

Family

He married: first to Fanny Lockyer, and second to Isabel Higham. They had sons and one daughter.[4]

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gollark: Oh, and they need good shielding against high-velocity particles, which might work okay against some weapons fire.
gollark: Any drive capable of bringing you up to ridiculous fractions of lightspeed will have a horribly dangerous exhaust, the power sources necessary could also run tons of weapons, and you can use said drive things to, I don't know, accelerate asteroids to high velocities and crash them into planets.
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References
  1. "Henry Hiles". The Musical Times. Novello. 1900. pp. 441–446.
  2. Richard Kitson. "The Quarterly Musical Review". Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals.
  3. Leo Smith at Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
  4. Bridge, Joseph Cox (1912). "Hiles, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Sources

J. C. Bridge, rev. Anne Pimlott Baker. "Hiles, Henry (1826–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33864. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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