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John Hilton (the elder) (1565  1609(?)) was an English countertenor, organist and composer of mainly sacred works.


Works


Hilton is best known for his anthems "Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake" (which may actually be by one of the Farrants)[1] and "Call to Remembrance".


Life


Hilton was born in 1565. By 1584 he was a countertenor at Lincoln Cathedral. At the start of 1594 he became organist at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He was the father of John Hilton the younger, also a composer, which makes definitive assignation of their combined sacred works problematic; whereas his only secular work appears to have been the madrigal Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen, which he wrote for The Triumphs of Oriana.[2]

He died, probably in Cambridge, prior to 20 March 1609.[2]


References


  1. Peter Le Huray: Music and the Reformation in England, Cambridge University Press, 1978, p. 269
  2. Peter Le Huray; Ian Payne: Hilton, John (i), New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1980



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