Anthony Herschel Hill
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| Born | Anthony Nelson Herschel Hill 1939 Shrewsbury, England |
| Died | 22 July 2016 (aged 76–77) City of London, London, England |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Music |
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Anthony Nelson Herschel Hill (1939 – 22 July 2016) was an English musician, composer, and professor of music. During his lifetime, Herschel Hill composed some 24 symphonies and 14 concertos.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Anthony Nelson Herschel Hill was born in 1939 in Shrewsbury, England,[2] to the eminent psychiatrist Sir Denis Hill.[3][4] He is a descendant of the astronomer and composer Sir William Herschel.[5][6]
Herschel Hill studied at the Royal College of Music as a pianist, organist, and composer, for which he won several of the major prizes. While there, he studied with the musician composers Herbert Howells, Richard Latham, and Cyril Smith. After further study in Paris with French musician Nadia Boulanger and tutoring with Hungarian musician Louis Kentner, he began his career as a musician and teacher.[7][4]
Career
[edit]Herschel Hill has composed for piano, organ, and choir.[8] He has played concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia. He has also performed a number of solo recitals across the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, and New Zealand. As a composer, several of his pieces have appeared on the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) exam lists and on BBC Radio 3.[7][9]
In 1982, Herschel Hill published two albums with the classical sheet music publisher Stainer & Bell: Four pieces for cello and piano and Two pieces for viola and piano. He wrote an additional album for them – O ye that love the Lord : trebles and organ – in 1986. That same year, he wrote two albums for the publisher Fraser-Enoch: Soliloquy for piano and Contrasts for piano.[10][11]
He was a teacher of music at Bishop's Stortford College in Hertfordshire.[12] By 1986, he was director of music at St Simon Zelotes Church in London,[13][7] a position he held for more than a quarter of a century.[4]
Herschel Hill has written a number of liturgical works. He wrote Ave Verum Corpus in 1990 for Prebendary John Pearce and the choir of St Simon Zelotes Church.[14][15]
Personal life
[edit]In 1964, Herschel Hill married Joan Havill, a New Zealand pianist, with whom he had studied at the Royal College of Music, in Kensington, London.[12]
Death
[edit]Herschel Hill died on 22 July 2016 in the City of London. His funeral was held on 10 August at St Marylebone Crematorium in East Finchley, London.[16] Following his death, Radio Times wrote that his "true worth" was "yet to be fully appreciated."[1]
Discography
[edit]| Year | Album | Publisher | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 1980 | Man shall be free | Banks Music | [17] | |
| 1981 | Toccata eroica | Robertson Publications | [18] | |
| 1982 | Four pieces for cello and piano | Stainer & Bell | [10] | |
| Two pieces for viola and piano | Stainer & Bell | [19] | ||
| 1985 | Toccata | [19] | ||
| 1986 | O ye that love the Lord : trebles and organ | Stainer & Bell | [20] | |
| Soliloquy for piano | Fraser-Enoch | [11] | ||
| Contrasts for piano | Fraser-Enoch | [21] | ||
| 1990 | Ave Verum Corpus | Stainer & Bell | [14] | |
| 1992 | Litany | [22] | ||
| 2010 | Piano: Beethoven, Schumann, A.Herschel Hill, P.Martin, Rachmaninoff | Caroline Clipsham | [23] | |
| 2017 | Piano Duo | Somm Recordings | [24] | |
| 2023 | Man Shall Be Free | G&L Musical | Posthomous | [23] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Busoni, Satie, Debussy, Casella, Poulenc - Music for Piano Duo". Radio Times. Europadisc Limited. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Anthony Herschel Hill (Composer) at Presto Music
- ^ Hill, Anthony Herschel: Two Pieces for Viola and Piano at Whitehorse
- ^ a b c Anthony Herschel Hill at VIRTUOSO PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
- ^ Four pieces for Double Bass and Piano at ABRSM
- ^ Anthony Herschel Hill Recordings at SOMM Recordings
- ^ a b c Rhaglen / Programme: Gŵyl Gerdd Bangor Music Festival 2011 at Issuu
- ^ Upbeat Spring 2017 at Issuu
- ^ Anthony Herschel Hill at Amazon
- ^ a b Four pieces for cello and piano / Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ a b Soliloquy for piano / by Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ a b Hill, Anthony N Herschel
- ^ Robert Ramsey's Latin Sacred Music at JSTOR
- ^ a b Hill, Anthony Herschel: Ave Verum Corpus ISMN: 9790220207617
- ^ Ave Verum Corpus at Stretta Music
- ^ Anthony Nelson Herschel HILL at The Times through Legacy.com
- ^ Man shall be free : Christmas carol for SSA and piano / words by A.J. Featherstone ; music by Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ Toccata eroica / Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ a b Two pieces for viola and piano / Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ O ye that love the Lord : trebles and organ / Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ Contrasts for piano / by Anthony Herschel Hill
- ^ Colour and Light at Walmart
- ^ a b Piano: Beethoven, Schumann, A.Herschel Hill, P.Martin, Rachmaninoff on Apple Music
- ^ Anthony_Herschel_Hill discography at Discogs
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