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HAWES, WILLIAM (1785–1846)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAWES, See also:WILLIAM (1785–1846) , See also:English musician, was See also:born in See also:London in 1785, and was for eight years (1793–1801) a chorister of the See also:Chapel Royal, where he studied See also:music chiefly under Dr See also:Ayrton. He subsequently held various musical posts, being in 1817 appointed See also:master of the See also:children of the Chapel Royal. He also carried on the business of a music publisher, and was for many years musical director of the See also:Lyceum See also:theatre, then devoted to English See also:opera. In the last-named capacity (See also:July 23rd, 1824), he introduced See also:Weber's Der Freischiitz for the first See also:time in See also:England, at first slightly curtailed, but soon afterwards in its entirety. See also:Winter's Interrupted See also:Sacrifice, See also:Mozart's Cosi See also:fan See also:tulle, Marschner's Vampyre and other important See also:works were also brought out under his auspices. Hawes also wrote or compiled the music for numerous pieces. Better were his glees and madrigals, of which he published several collections. He also superintended a new edition of the celebrated See also:Triumph of Oriana. He died on the 18th of See also:February 1846.

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