Life of John Hullah

An 1886 biography of an eminent nineteenth-century musician and singing teacher, compiled from his autobiographical notes.

John Hullah (Author), Frances Hullah (Edited by)

9781108062435, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 June 2013

314 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.4 kg

The composer and music teacher John Pyke Hullah (1812–84) enjoyed considerable success with The Village Coquettes, his 1836 opera with a libretto by Charles Dickens. He is best remembered, however, for his 'singing school for schoolmasters' which he directed at London's Exeter Hall in the 1840s and later at the specially built St Martin's Hall. Although his use of the French fixed sol-fa system was quickly superseded by Curwen's tonic sol-fa approach, his efforts - with the support of Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth - embedded music firmly in the school curriculum. An influence on the rapid growth of British amateur choral societies, he was also appointed the first government inspector of music in training colleges in 1872. First published in 1886, this biography was prepared from Hullah's notes by his second wife, Frances Rosser Hullah (1839–c.1921), a professional sculptor and writer on music for women's periodicals.

Preface
1. Autobiographical
2. Autobiographical (cont.)
3. Autobiographical (cont.)
4. Autobiographical (cont.)
5. Autobiographical (cont.)
6. Biographical 1841–3
7. Biographical 1842–5
8. Biographical 1846
9. Biographical 1847
10. Biographical 1848–54
11. Biographical 1855–6
12. Biographical 1857–8
13. Biographical 1860–1
14. Biographical 1861
15. Biographical 1861(cont.)
16. Biographical 1862
17. Biographical 1863
18. Biographical 1864
19. Biographical 1865–6
20. Biographical 1866–7
21. Biographical 1868
22. Biographical 1868–9
23. Biographical 1870
24. Biographical 1872
25. Biographical 1873
26. Biographical 1874–5
27. Biographical 1875
28. Biographical 1876
29. Biographical 1877
30. Biographical 1877 (cont.)
31. Biographical 1878
32. Biographical 1878
33. Biographical 1879
34. Biographical 1880
35. Biographical 1881
36. Biographical 1882
37. Biographical 1883–4.

Subject Areas: Classical music [c 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4]