Hugh Allen
Sir Hugh Percy Allen (born December 23, 1869 in Reading , Berkshire , † February 24, 1946 in Oxford , Oxfordshire ) was an English conductor, organist and music teacher.
Allen studied at Christ's College , Cambridge and the University of Oxford (until 1898). At the age of eleven he was already working as an organist in his hometown. From 1901 to 1918 he was organist at New College in Oxford, and from 1908 to 1918 music director of University College in Reading. In 1908 he succeeded Henry Walford Davies as conductor of the Bach Choir , which at that time included Ralph Vaughan Williams and Adrian Boult . After he became Professor of Music at Oxford in 1918 and at the same time director of the Royal College of Music , he handed over the choir management to Vaughan Williams in 1922.
He headed the Royal College of Music until 1937. In 1920 Allen was ennobled as a Knight Bachelor , in 1928 he was accepted as Knight Commander in the Royal Victorian Order and in 1935 raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
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| SURNAME | Allen, Hugh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allen, Sir Hugh Percy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English conductor, organist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reading , Berkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1946 |
| Place of death | Oxford , Oxfordshire |