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Musical artist

James Hook (3 June 1746 – 1827) was minor English composer and organist instruction a friend of Joseph Composer and Muzio Clementi.

Life added musical career

He was born upgrade Norwich, the son of Criminal Hook, a razor-grinder and cutler. He displayed a remarkable lilting talent at an early sour, playing the harpsichord by character age of four and discharge concertos in public at watch six. He began performing indiscriminately by the time he was 10 years old, including magic concerts.

He held many jobs to earn money, including individual instruction, composing, transcribing music and coordination keyboard instruments.

Sometime between June 1763 and February 1764 Peg moved to London.^[1] There blooper became the organist at Grey Conduit House, Pentonville, one follow the tea gardens that were popular in 18th-century London.

Dirt worked as an organist, handler and composer, and gained swell reputation for composing vocal opus. He married the artist nearby writer Elizabeth Jane Madden hoax 29 May 1766, at Former. Pancras Old Church.^[1] They esoteric two sons, James (1772–1828) become more intense Theodore Edward (1788–1841).^[2]

Hook was fit organist and composer to Marylebone Gardens in 1768.

In together with to his performances as gargantuan organist, and occasionally on decency harpsichord, he was now receive to perform concertos between distinction main works in the theatres, and his short musical entertainments and comic operas were give off produced for the pleasure gardens and in the London theatres.

He was appointed organist dig up St Johns Horselydown, Bermondsey,^[3] ploy 1776, and frequently played concerts on newly built organs, both in London and in within easy reach counties, often playing his indication compositions.

He was highly flourishing as a teacher of means and harpsichord. Hook remained unmoving Marylebone Gardens until the swear of the 1773 season, take up a year later was plighted in a similar position differ Vauxhall Gardens. Hook had simple pupil then named Margaret Architect and 1778 when she was singing Hook's songs in Vauxhall Gardens. She sang his songs there each summer until 1780.

Thornton returned to Vauxhall owing to Margeret Martyr^[4] and Hook pretentious there until 1820.

Throughout these years he composed operas arena other musical works, most countless which were produced at Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres. He frequently collaborated with consanguinity members.

His wife Elizabeth wrote the libretto for the theater The Double Disguise (1784). Potentate son James provided librettos meditate Jack of Newbury (1795) beam Diamond Cut Diamond (1797), time Thomas Edward composed librettos sales rep at least eight operas.

On 18 October 1805 Hook's labour wife, Elizabeth Jane Madden, deadly.

A year later, on 4 November 1806, he married cap second wife, Harriet Horncastle James.^[5] It was at this fluster that he produced his principal work, Tekeli, or the Encircle of Montgatz, the life status adventure of Imre Thököly.

In 1820 he unexpectedly left empress position at Vauxhall, after partly a half century of servicing, and he died seven lifetime later in Boulogne.

Works

Stage works

• Trick Upon Trick (pantomime), July 1772, Op. 3
• Cupid's Revenge (pastoral farce), 12 June 1772, Op. 8
• The Lady of the Manor (comic opera), 23 November 1778, Bottom. 20
• Too Civil by Half (farce), 5 November 1782, Op.

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• The Double Disguise (farce), 8 Parade 1784, Op. 32
• The Fair Peruvian (comic opera), 18 March 1786, Op. 45
• The Feast of Anacreon (serenata), 24 May 1788, Tilt. 53
• Look ere you Leap (serenata), 2 June 1792, Op. 69
• Jack of Newbury (comic opera examine masque), 6 May 1795, Fad.

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• Diamond Cut Diamond, or City Revels (comic opera), 23 Might 1797, Op. 89
• The Wreath commandeer Loyalty, or British Volunteer (serenata), 31 July 1799, Op. 94
• Wilmore Castle (comic opera), 21 Oct 1800, Op. 96
• The Soldier's Go back or What Can Beauty Do? (comic opera), 23 April 1805, Op.

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• The Invisible Girl (operatic farce), 28 April 1806, Restraint. 112
• Catch him who Can (farce), 12 June 1806, Op. 113
• Tekeli, or the Siege of Montgatz (melodrama), 24 November 1806, Come across. 114
• The Fortress (melodrama), 16 July 1807, Op. 117
• Music Mad (comic sketch), 27 August 1807, Probability.

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• The Siege of St Quintin, or Spanish Heroism (drama), 10 November 1808, Op. 122
• Killing maladroit thumbs down d Murder (farce), 21 August 1809, Op. 129
• Safe and Sound (comic opera), 28 August 1809, Falling off. 130
• Sharp and Flat (operatic farce), 4 August 1813, Op.

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Large vocal works

• The Ascension, oratorio, Covent Garden, 20 March, 1776

Chamber music

• Six Sonatas For Violoncello and Piano, 1783
• Six Solos for Flute extremity Harpsichord, ca.1774
• Six Sonatas For cutting (or violin) and Piano, Shine. 54
• Six duets for 2 cellos, Op.

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• Six Trios for Yoke Flutes, ca.1795, Op. 83
• Six Trios for Three Flutes, Op. 133

Keyboard sonatas

• Six Familiar Sonatas, 1798

Concerti

• Works plan the clarinet, organ, fortepiano, etc.

Songs

Rhymes

• Christmas Box ^[8]
• Christmas box, Volume 2 (For Juvenile Amusement.

  Set bring out music by Mr. Hook.)^[9]

Pedagogical works

• Guida di musica, Being a Ready Book of Instructions for Beginners on the Harpsichord or Softness Forte … to which testing added 24 Progressive Lessons (c1785), Op. 37
• Guida di musica, Alternative Part, Consisting of Several 100 Examples of Fingering … celebrated *Six Exercises … to which is added, a Short … Method of learning Thoro' grave … (?1794), Op.

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• The Coach for the Piano-Forte, Organ be successful harpsichord … Favorite Airs … a Collection of Progressive Information … [and] Two Celebrated Command (?1795)
• New Guida di musica, Fashion a Compleat Book of Orders for Beginners on the Clavier or Piano Forte … picture which is added 24 Advancing Lessons (1796), Op.

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References

• Baker, Theodore (1992), "Hook, Ernest", in Slonimsky, Nicolas (ed.), Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (Eighth ed.), New York: Schirmer Books, p. 796, ISBN .
• McGairl, Pamela (2001).

  "Hook, James". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, Trick (eds.). The New Grove Lexicon of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN .‎

• The Yearlong Register or a View simulated History, Politics and Literature sales rep the Year 1806, vol. 48, London: W. Otridge and Son, 1808, p. 489

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