Hubert Bath
Hubert Charles Bath (born November 6, 1883 in Barnstaple , Devon , † April 24, 1945 in Harefield (now the London Borough of Hillingdon )) was an English composer and conductor .
Life
Bath was the son of a teacher and church choir director. At the age of 17 he came to the Royal Academy of Music , where he studied piano, organ and composition with Frederick Corder . As a conductor he worked for the Quinlan Opera Company and the Carl Rosa Opera Company ; he was music director of London County Council and director of an opera class. He became known through numerous film scores that he wrote from 1929.
His son John Bath (1915-2004) was also active as a film music composer.
Compositions
Stage works
- The Spanish Student (1904). Libretto: after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Young England . Operetta (music together with George Clutsam). Libretto: Basil Hood. Premiere 1915 Birmingham (?) (1916 London (Daly's Theater)?)
- from it the song Sweethearts and Wives
- Bubbole . Libretto:?. Premiere 1920 Milan
- Bubbles libretto:?. Premiere November 26, 1923 Belfast ( Carl Rosa Opera Company)
- The Sire de Maletroit's Door (one act). Libretto:?
- The Three Strangers (one act). Libretto: after Thomas Hardy
- Trilby . Libretto: after Gerald du Maurier
Vocal compositions
Cantatas
- The Jackdaw of Rheims for male choir
- Men on the Line for male choir
- Psyche's Departure
- Orpheus and The Sirens
- The Legend of Nerbudda (1908)
- The Wedding of Shon Maclean (1909). WP 1910 Leeds Festival
- Look at the clock. Welsh Rhapsody (1910)
- The Wake of O'Connor (1913)
Choral movements
- The Heart of the Night (1910)
- When You Sing (1911)
- Voices of the Air (1911). Three songs for mixed choir (SAATBB)
- Inside: Dream-wind (“When, like a sleeping child…”). Text: William Sharp (under the pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
Piano songs
- The bells of youth (“The Bells of Youth are ringing in the gateways of the South…”; 1907). Text: William Sharp (pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
- Eily (1908). Text: William Sharp (author) William Sharp (pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
- Hushing song (“Eilidh, Eilidh…”; 1909). Text (1896): William Sharp (pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
- The bugles of Dreamland (1909). Text (1896): William Sharp (pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
- Destiny (“Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours”; 1911). Text (1853): Edwin Arnold (1832–1904)
- Evoë. A Sea Sketch (“Oceanward, the sea-horses sweep magnificently…”; before 1945). Text (1896): William Sharp (pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
- Love in a cottage . Text: William Sharp (pseudonym Fiona Macleod )
- Bedtime Ballads . Texts:?
- It Was a Golfer and his Lass . Text:?
- Three Indian Songs . Texts:?
- Songs for the “ballad opera” Polly (1920s). Texts:?
- The Vikings' War Song . Text:?
- The Jolly Roger . Text:?
- Sea memories . Text:?
Melodramas
- The elfin shoemaker (“Little Cowboy, what have you heard…”; before 1912). Text (1865): William Allingham (1824 [28?] - 1889)
- Death-in-Love (“There came an image in Life's retinue…”; 1912?) For speaking voice, piano, organ, 3 violins and 3 cellos. Text (1870): Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Fairies (“Up the aery mountain…”). Text (1850): William Allingham (1824 [28?] - 1889)
Instrumental music
For orchestra
- Summer Nights Waltz (1901)
- Two Sea Pictures . Premiere 1909 London ( Proms , conductor: Henry Wood )
- African suite . Premiere 1915 London (Proms, conductor: Henry Wood)
- The Visions of Hannele . Symphonic poem (1913, new version 1920) (based on the piece Hanneles Himmelfahrt [1893] by Gerhart Hauptmann )
- Two Japanese Sketches (also version for piano)
- Egyptian Suite (also version for piano)
- The Norwegian Suite for Small Orchestra
- Scenes from the Prophets . Oriental suite
- Pierrette by the Steam
- Woodland Scenes
- Troubadour Suites 1 & 2
- Petite Suite Romantique
- Devonia
- 1. Prelude. Breeze at Hartland Point - 2nd Melodie d'amour. Lorna of Exmoor - 3rd Sea Dogs of Devon. Nautical march
- Midshipman Easy . Overture (based on the story of the same name [1836] by Frederick Marryat )
For wind orchestra ( brass band )
- Freedom (1922)
- Honor and Glory (1931)
- Out of the blue. Marine Four-step or Eva Three-step (1931; since 1948 theme tune for the BBC broadcast Sports Report )
- Atlantic Charter . march
- Empire Builders . march
- Admirals All. Nautical march
- The Nelson Touch (1940s)
For piano
- Coquette
- Italian suite
- Sonatina in F
- Song of Autumn
- Song of Summer
For organ
- Toccatina (1914)
- Heroic Prelude (1928)
Incidental music
- on Hanneles Ascension by Gerhart Hauptmann . Premiere between 1901 and 1913 London ( His Majesty's Theater )
Film music
- 1929: The Plaything - Directed by Castleton Knight
- 1929: Kitty - directed by Victor Saville
- 1929: Blackmail (Blackmail) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1931: Tell England - Director: Anthony Asquith , Geoffrey Barkas
- 1934: Wings Over Everest - Directed by Geoffrey Barkas, Ivor Montagu
- 1935: Bulldog Jack - Director: Walter Forde
- 1935: The 39 Steps (The 39 Steps) - music along with Louis Levy; Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1935: The Passing of the Third Floor Back - Director: Berthold Viertel
- 1935: The Tunnel - Directed by Maurice Elvey
- 1936: Rhodes of Africa - Director: Berthold Viertel
- 1936: Tudor Rose - music with Louis Levy; Directed by Robert Stevenson
- 1936: Secret Agent (Secret Agent) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1936: The Luck of the Irish - Directed by Donovan Pedelty
- 1936: His Lordship - Directed by Herbert Mason
- 1936: Sabotage - music with Jack Beaver and Louis Levy; Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1937: The Great Barrier - Directed by Geoffrey Barkas, Milton Rosmer
- 1937: Doctor Syn - Directed by Roy William Neill
- 1937: Non-Stop New York - Director: Robert Stevenson
- 1938: The rascal from America (A Yank at Oxford) - music together with Edward Ward; Directed by Jack Conway
- 1938: Yellow Sands - Director: Herbert Brenon
- 1943 We Dive at Dawn - Director: Anthony Asquith
- 1943: Dear Octopus - Directed by Harold French
- 1943: The Adventures of Tartu - Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
- 1943: Millions Like Us - Director: Director: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
- 1944: Cornwall Rhapsody (Love Story) - music with Louis Levy; Director: Leslie Arliss
- therein: Cornish Rhapsody for piano and orchestra
- 1945: Something Left Behind (A Place of One's Own) - Director: Bernard Knowles
- 1945: Three marriages (They Were Sisters) - Director: Arthur Crabtree
- 1945: The Wicked Lady (fragment, supplemented [or replaced?] By music by Hans May)
Web links
- Hubert Bath in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bath, Hubert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bath, Hubert Charles (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and conductor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Barnstaple , Devon |
DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1945 |
Place of death | Harefield (now the London Borough of Hillingdon ) |