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Hamilton Harty
12+ albums
contemporary classicalcomposer20th Century Classicalconductorirish
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Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty (December 4, 1879 – February 19, 1941), British conductor, composer and accompanist, is known for the unmistakably Irish sound in many of his compositions, was a respected conductor, and was at one time considered the premier accompanist in London. Harty was born in Hillsborough, Ireland, the fourth of ten children of church organist William Michael Harty (1852–1918) and his wife, Annie Elizabeth, the daughter of Joseph Hamilton Richards, a soldier from Bray. Raised an Anglican, Harty played viola, piano, and organ as a child. Initially following in his father's footsteps, he held positions as a church organist from age twelve. He moved to London in 1901 to pursue a musical career as accompanist, and accompanied an impressive list of soloists, among them John McCormack, W.H. Squire, Joseph Szigeti, Fritz Kreisler, and soprano Agnes Nicholls, whom he married on 15 July 1904. Nicholls' professional relationship with the Hungarian conductor Hans Richter was of great importance to Harty. After performing in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen under Richter in 1908, she approached him on her husband's behalf. It was through this connection that Harty secured his first important conducting engagement: a performance of his tone poem With the Wild Geese with the London Symphony Orchestra in March 1911. The performance was a success, and he was engaged to conduct the orchestra again during its 1912–13 season. Hoping to reinforce his status as a composer–condu
top songs
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An Irish Symphony: In the Antrim Hills
2452In Ireland
2243An Irish Symphony*: In the Antrim Hills
2234A Lullaby - vocal
1395The Londonderry Air
1366A Comedy Overture
1067With the Wild Geese
10383 Traditional Ulster Airs (Excerpts): No. 2, My Lagan Love
679Piano Concerto in B Minor: II. Tranquillo e calmo
6610An Irish Symphony: The Fair-Day
65albums
Harty: Irish Symphony (An) / With the Wild Geese / In Ireland
Harty: Comedy Overture (A) / Piano Concerto / Fantasy Scenes
Harty: Orchestral Works
Harty: A John Field Suite
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Songs by Sir Hamilton Harty
Harty: Complete Orchestral Works
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Sir Hamilton Harty: An Irish Symphony/With The Wild Geese/In Ireland
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Voice of an Angel
HARTY: An Irish Symphony / With the Wild Geese / In Ireland
Harty, H.: Irish Symphony (An) / A Comedy Overture
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Harty: The Children Of Lir & Ode to a Nightingale
HARTY: Piano Concerto (Ulster Orchestra)