John Hilton
(1599-1657), Organist and composerSitter in 1 portrait
by James Caldwall (Caldwell)
line engraving, published in Sir John Hawkins's A General History of the Science and Practice of Music 1776
NPG D28363
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Lee Hylton
14 October 2015, 01:39
John Hilton? Portrait is labeled William Heyther. Unless I'm missing something, that doesn't seem to be the correct portrait or caption. Could you clarify? Regards
Ray Hall
12 October 2017, 12:39
John Hilton jr was the son of John Hilton organist of Trinity College Cambridge, who contributed one of the 21 madrigals in The Triumphs of Oriana, but otherwise wrote church music which cannot be distinguished from that of his son. JH jr was born at Cambridge and received MusB in 1626, the date of the painting from which the engraving is derived. Hilton is best known for Ayres or Fa La's for three voices, dedicated to William Heather which is presumably why the portrait is in the Music School at Oxford. Hilton's second publication was Catch That Catch Can, 1652 which Playford reprinted, with modifications in 1658