DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

440 HUNTEN HULLAH
Briefwechsel, hy Breitkopf & Hiirtel in 1888.
No more than a brief reference can be made to
Hueffer's occasional contributions to tlie Quarterly
and other reviews, and to some songs composed
by him from time to time. He died in London,
Jan. 19, 1889. L. M. ii.
HtiNTEIf, Franz, pianist and composer,
born Dec. 26, 1793, at Coblentz, where his father
Daniel was organist. In 1819 he went to the
Paris Conservatoire, studying the piano with
Pradher, and composition with Reicha and
Cherubini. He lived by teaching and arranging
pieces for the pianoforte, and in time his lessons
and compositions commanded high prices, although
the latter, with the exception of a trio
concertante for PF. violin and violoncello, were
of little value. His ' ilethode nouvelle pour le
piano ' (Schott) had at one time a reputation.
In 1837 he retired to Coblentz, and lived on his
means till his death, Feb. 22, 1878. His two
brothers, Wilhelm and Peter, were for many
years successful pianoforte teachers at Coblentz
and Duisburg.
HUGUENOTS, LES. Opera in
words by Scribe and Deschamps,
F. G.
five acts ;
music by
Meyerbeer. Produced at the Academic, Feb. 29,
1836 ; in London, first by a German company,
at Covent Garden, June 20, 1842 ; in Italian
at Covent Garden as 'Gli Ugonotti,' July 20,
1848 ; in English at the Surrey Theatre, August
16, 1849. Like ' William Tell,' the opera is in
England always greatly shortened in perform-
ance. [In the early days of Harris's operatic
management at Drury Lane, this opera was
given with the fifth act, and lasted till nearly
one o'clock in the morning.]
For a remarkable criticism by Schumann see
the Neue Zeitschrift, Sept. 5, 1837, and Gesam-
mslte Sehriften, ii. 220. G.
HULLAH, John Pyke, LL.D., was born at
"Worcester, June 27, 1812, but came whilst
very young to London, where his life was spent.
He received no regular musical instruction until
1829, when hewasplaced under "WilliamHorsley.
In 1833 he entered the Royal Academy of Music
for the fiurpose of receiving instruction in singing
from Crivelli. He first became known as
a composer by his music to Charles Dickens's
opera, ' The Village Coquettes,' produced at the
St. James's Theatre, Dec. 5, 1836. [The whole
of the music was destroyed in a fire at the
Edinburgh Theatre soon after the production
of the piece there.] This was followed by
' The Barbers of Bassora, ' a comic opera, pro-
duced at Covent Garden Theatre, Nov. 11,
1837, and 'The Outpost,' at the same theatre.
May 17, 1838, [In 1837 he became organist of
Croydon Church, and composed some madrigals.]
Soon after this HuUah's attention was turned
to that which became subsequently the business
of his life— popular instruction in vocal music ;
and attracted by the reports of Mainzer's success
aa a teacher, he visited Paris, only to find
Mainzer's classes entirely dispersed. In 1839
he went to Paris, and remained for some time
observing Wilhem's classes, then in the full
tide of success. On his return to England he
made the acquaintance of the late Sir James Kay
Shuttleworth, then Dr. Kay, and undertook the
instruction of the students in the Training
College at Battersea, the first established in
England, and just opened under the direction
and at the cost of Dr. Kay and Jlr. Edward
Carlton Tufnell. On Feb. 18, 1840, he gave
his first class-lesson at Battersea, and from that
day dates the movement he originated. On
Feb. 1, 1841, he opened at Exeter Hall a school
for the instruction of schoolmasters of day and
Sunday schools in vocal music by a system
based on that of "Wilhem, which met with
remarkable success. Not only schoolmasters, but
the general public flocked to obtain instruction,
and country professors came to London to learn
the system and obtain certificates of being
qualified to teach it. The sj'stem was acrimoniously
attacked, hut it outlived all opposition.
From his elementary classes HuUah formed two
schools, an ^^ppe^ and a lower, and commenced
giving concerts in Exeter Hall, the members
of his upper school forming his chorus, and
the orchestra being completed by professional
principal singers and instrumentalists. Remark-
able among these were four historical concerts
illustrating in chronological order the rise and
progress of English vocal music, given at Exeter
Hall on Mondays in the first four months of
1847. At this time his friends and supporters
determined on erecting and presenting to him
a concert hall, and, having procured a piece of
ground near Long Acre, the foundation stone
of St. Martin's Hall was laid June 21, 1847.
The hall was opened, although not entirely
completed, on Feb. 11, 1850, and Hullah continued
to give his concerts there until the
building w-as destroyed by fire August 28, 1860,
on the occurrence of which event his friends
and pupils testified their gratitude and sympathy
for liim by the presentation of a handsome
testimonial. During the existence of the upper
school he brought forward a large number of
unknowm works, old and new. From 1840
to 1860 about 25,000 persons passed through
his classes. In 1844 Hullah was appointed
Professor of Vocal Music in King's College,
London, an office which he held till 1874.
He held similar appointments in Queen's College
and Bedford College, London, with both of
which he was connected from their foundation.
From 1870 to 1873 he was conductor of the
students' concerts of the Royal Academy of Music.
On the death of his old master, Horsley, in
1858, Hullah was appointed organist of the
Charter House, where since 1841 he had carried
on a singing-class. For many years he conducted
the annual concert of the Children of
the Metropolitan Schools at the Crystal Palace.