John Hiles

John Hiles (* 1810 in Shrewsbury , † February 4, 1882 in London ) was an English organist and music teacher.

life and work

John Hiles was the older brother of Henry Hiles . He has held organist positions in Shrewsbury (1831–1847), Shropshire , Portsmouth , Hampshire , Brighton , Sussex and London. In 1840/1841 he performed at the Shrewsbury Festival.

Hiles arranged numerous works by other composers for the organ. In addition to organ voluntarys , Hiles also composed piano works, songs and the Anthem I am the Resurrection .

Hiles published several textbooks, including A Catechism of Harmony, Thorough-Bass, and Modulation (1872), Catechism of the Organ (1878), A Catechism For The Pianoforte Student (1882) and A Catechism for the Harmonium , as well as the A Complete and Comprehensive Dictionary of 12,500 Italian, French, German, English and Other Musical Terms, Phrases and Abbreviations (1871) and the collection Sacred Songs, Ancient and Modern: A Complete Collection of Sacred Vocal Music, by Celebrated Composers, Suitable for Home Use . All fonts have been digitized since the early 2000s or are available again as reprints.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Shrewsbury Abbey: Organists and Directors of Music , accessed February 15, 2019.
^ Robert Evans, Maggie Humphreys (Ed.): Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . Mansell, London 1997, ISBN 0-7201-2330-5 , pp. 162 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Hiles, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English organist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shrewsbury
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 1882
Place of death	London

[1] Shrewsbury Abbey: Organists and Directors of Music , accessed February 15, 2019.

[2] Robert Evans, Maggie Humphreys (Ed.): Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . Mansell, London 1997, ISBN 0-7201-2330-5 , pp. 162 ( limited preview in Google Book search).