John Hilton (composer)
John Hilton (the younger) (* 1599 presumably in Cambridge ; † 1657 presumably in Westminster (London) ) was an English composer and musician .
life and work
John Hilton was born in 1599 to the father of the same name, John Hilton (the Elder) († around 1608), presumably in Cambridge. His father was a counter-tenor and later organist with Thomas Butler at Trinity College , Cambridge. His compositional work includes mainly church music pieces.
John Hilton, the younger, studied at Trinity College and received a Bachelor of Music degree in 1626 . He also appeared as a composer. The work he left behind consists of church music and secular compositions.
1627 appeared the Ayres or fa la's for three voices , which Hilton dedicated to the first professor of music at Oxford University , William Heather . These compositions are balletti in the style of Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi and Thomas Morley and, in terms of music history, are considered the last compositions in the spirit of the madrigal .
His works also include the compilation Catch that catch can (also known as Catch as catch can ), published for the first time in 1652 and extremely popular at the time , a collection of songs that appeared in numerous new editions by 1762.
From 1628 until the end of his life, Hilton was the organist and lay priest at St Margaret's Church in Westminster . From 1635 he was also the lutenist of King Charles I.
Web links
- Works by and about John Hilton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by John Hilton (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project
- John Hilton at Allmusic (English)
- Biography at fruit
- Biography at Here of a Sunday Morning
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hilton, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hilton, John the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Renaissance composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1599 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Cambridge |
| DATE OF DEATH | buried March 21, 1657 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Westminster (London) |