Herbert Hamilton Harty
Born: 4th December 1879, Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland
Died: 19th February 1941, Hove, UK
Nationality: Irish
Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty was an Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
After an early career as a church organist in his native Ireland, Harty moved to London at about age 20, soon becoming a well-known piano accompanist. The Musical Times called him "the prince of accompanists". As a composer he wrote throughout his career, many of his works being well received, though few are regularly performed in the 21st century.
In his career as a conductor, which began in 1904, Harty was particularly noted as an interpreter of the music of Berlioz.
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Hamilton Harty’s Chamber Music
30th Apr 2012
The Goldner String Quartet and Piers Lane bring out all the charm and flamboyance of the Irish composer’s two string quartets and piano quintet, dating from the early 1900s and composed shortly after Harty relocated to London.
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- A Comedy Overture (3)
- A Cradle Song (2)
- A John Field Suite (1)
- A Lullaby (3)
- Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis (1)
- An Irish Symphony (8)
- An Irish Symphony : The Fair-Day (2)
- Arlequin and Columbine (1)
- At Easter (1)
- By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame (1)
- By the Sea (1)
- Chansonette (2)
- Come, O Come, My Life's Delight (1)
- Fanfare (1)
- Fantasy for flute and harp (1)
- Fantasy Scenes (from An Eastern Romance) (1)
- Flame in the skies (1)
- Flower Songs (3), Op. 13 (1)
- Idyll (1)
- In Ireland (13)
- Irish Folk Songs (3) (1)
- Irish Poems (5) (1)
- Lane o' the Thrushes (1)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel) (1)
- My Thoughts of You (1)
- Ode to a Nightingale (3)
- Piano Concerto (2)
- Piano Concerto in B min: II. Tranquilllo e calmo (1)
- Piano Quintet in F major, Op. 12 (1)
- Romance and Scherzo (1)
- Scythe Song (2)
- Sea Wrack (1)
- Songs (6) of Ireland, Op. 18 (1)
- Spring Fancies (1)
- String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 1 (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 5 (1)
- Suite from Handel's Water Music (4)
- The Blue Hills (1)
- The Children of Lir (3)
- The Fiddler of Dooney (1)
- The Londonderry Air (5)
- The Sea Gypsy (1)
- The Song of Glen Dun (1)
- The Stranger's Grave (1)
- The Stranger’s Grave (1)
- Three Pieces (1)
- Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology (2)
- Traditional Ulster Airs (1)
- Two Pieces (1)
- Variations on a Dublin Air (3)
- Violin Concerto (1)
- With the Wild Geese (9)
- Your Hand in Mine, Beloved (1)
