DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

426 HOOPEE HOPKINS
capacities, and continued there until 1820. He
wag for long organist of St. John's, Horsleydown.
During his engagements at Marylebone and Vaux-
hall he is said to have composed upwards of
2000 songs, cantatas, catches, etc. He gained
prize medals at the Catch Club in 1772, for
his catch, 'One morning Dame Turner,' and
in 1780 for 'Come, kiss me, dear Dolly.' In
1776 Hook brought out 'The Ascension,' an
oratorio. He composed the nmsic for the following
dramatic pieces:—'Dido,' 1771 ; 'The
Divorce,' composed in 1771 for Marylebone, but
not produced until 1781 at Drury Lane ; 'Trick
upon Trick,' 'II Dilettante,' ' 'The
Country Courtship,'
and 'Cupid's Revenge,' 1772; 'Apollo
and Daplme, ' 1 7 7 3 ;
Fair Peruvian, '1776
' The Lady of the Manor,' 1778 ;
'
'Williara and
Nancy,' 1779; 'Too civil by half,' 1783
' The Double Disguise,' 1784 ;
' The Triumph of
Beauty,' 1786 ;
' Jack of Kewbury,' 1795 ; 'Dia
mond cut Diamond,' 1797; 'Wilmore Castle,
1800 ;
' The Soldier's Return,' 1805 ; 'Tekeli,
' ' The Invisible Girl,' and Catch him who can,
1806 ;
' Music Mad,' and 'The Fortress,' 1807
'The Siege of St. Quintin,' 1808 ; 'Killing no
Murder,' and 'Safe and Sound,' 1809. Besides
these he composed a number of odes, such as
that on the return of peace, 1783, and nmsic
for the following, the dates of production of
which are uncertain ;
' The "Wedding, '
' Love
and Virtue,' 'The Cryer of Vauxhall,' 'The
Pledge,' 'Coralie, ' 'Blanche and
Many
Edgar,' and
' The Country Wake. '
of his songs were
published in collections, as ' The Feast of Anacreon,'
'Hours of Love,' etc., but the greater
number were issued singly. Hook composed
several concertos for the organ or harpsichord,
and sonatas for the pianoforte, and was author
of Guida di Musica, a book of instruction for
the pianoforte. Several of his glees, catches, and
rounds are printed in "Warren's Collections. Hook
died at Boulogne in 1827. Several members of
his family were eminent in literature. His first
wife, Miss Madden (died Oct. 19, 1795), was
authoress of 'The Double Disguise.' His son,
James Hook, D.D., Dean of Worcester (born
1772, died 1828), was author of the words of
' 'Jack of Newbury, ' Diamond cut Diamond, ' etc.
His younger son Theodore Edward (born 1788,
died 1341), was the well-known humorist ; and
his grandson, Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D.
Dean of Chichester (born 1798, died 1875), son
of James, was the famous divine. w. h. h.
HOOPER, Edmoxd, born at Halberton,
Devon, probably about 1553, is said to have
been a chorister in Exeter Cathedral ; he became
connected with the choir of Westminster
Abbey about 1582, and on Dec. 3, 1588, was
apiiointed Master of the Children. He was one'
of the ten composers who harmonised the tunes
for ' The Whole Booke of Psalms,' published by
Este in 1592. On March 1, 1603-4, he was
sworn a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and on
May 9, 1606, was appointed organist of Westminster
Abbey. Three anthems by him are
printed in Barnard's collection, and six others,
and a set of Preces, Psalms and Resj^onses are
contained in Barnard's MS. collections in tlie
library of the Royal College of Music, and two
anthems in the Tudway Collection (Harh MSS.
7337 and 7340). He contributed two pieces
to Leighton's ' Teares or Lamentacions,' 1614.
He died July 14, 1621, and was buried July
16, in tlie cloisters of Westminster.
His eldest son James, a lay vicar of Westminster,
died Dec. 1651. w. H. H.
HOPKINS, Edward Johx, born in Westminster,
June 30, 1818, became in 1826 a
chorister of the Chapel Royal under William
Hawes. On quitting the choir in 1833 he
studied under Thomas Forbes Walmisley. In
1834 he was chosen organist of Mitcham Church,
in 1838 organist of St. Peter's, Islington, and
in 1841 of St. Luke's, Berwick Street. In
1843 he was appointed organist of the Temple
Church, the musical service of which under
his care acquired great reputation. As an
accompanist he was quite unrivalled. Hopkins
composed many church services, anthems,
chants, and psalm tunes. His anthems, ' Out
of the deep,' and 'God is gone up,' obtained
the Gresham prize medals in 1838 and in 1840
respectively. He was also composer of ' May
day' (duet) and 'Welcome' (trio), and author
of T?ie Organ, its History and Construction,
an excellent treatise published in conjunction
with Dr. Rimbault's History of the Organ in
1855 ; 2nd edit. 1870 ; 3rd edit. 1877. He
edited Bennet's 'Madrigals,' and Weelkes'
' First Set of Madrigals ' for the Musical Antiquarian
Society, and the music portion of ' The
Temple Church Choral Service.' [He received
the degree of Mus.D. from the Archbishop of
Canterbury in 1882. He had sung at the
coronation of William I"V. in 1831, and he lived
to join the choir at the Diamond Jubilee of
yueen "\^ictoria, in 1897. On the completion of
Ids fifty years' service as organist of the Temple,
in Maj' 1893, he had a presentation from the
Benchers. He retired in 1898, and died in
London, Feb. 4,1901. He was buried in Hampstead
Cemetery.]
John Hopkins, his younger brother, born
in Westminster in 1822, was a chorister of
St. Paul's from Sept. 1831 to Sept. 1838. In
August 1838 (before quitting the choir) he was
appointed to succeed his brother as organist of
Mitcliam Church. He afterwards became suc-
cessively organist of St. Stephen's, Islington,
June 1839 ; St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, July
1841 ; Trinity Church, Islington, May 1843 ;
St. Mark's, Jersey, Feb. 1845; St. Michael's,
Chester Square, 1846 ;
and Epsom Church, Jan.
1854. In May 1856 he succeeded his cousin,
John Larkin Hopkins, as organist of Rochester
Cathedral, a post wdiich he held till his death,