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Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1 February 187713 March 1946) was a prolific English composer in many genres, though he is best known today for his light music and educational piano works. His compositions include much chamber music, a song cycle, ''The Wind Among the Reeds'', and an operetta, '' Tantivy Towers'', that had a successful London run in 1931. He was also a teacher, examiner and writer on musical subjects.


Life and career


Early years

Dunhill was born in
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, London, the fourth of five children of Henry Dunhill (1842–1901) and his wife Jane, ''née'' Styles (1843–1922).Dibble, Jeremy
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Henry Dunhill was a manufacturer of sacks, tarpaulin and ropes; Jane Dunhill ran a small music shop. Their eldest son, Alfred later founded a tobacco company that bears his
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. Thomas was educated at the North London High School for Boys, and when the family moved to
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,
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. In 1893 Dunhill entered the
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studying the piano with Franklin Taylor, counterpoint with James Higgs and W. S. Rockstro, and harmony with
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. In 1894 he began studying composition under
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, whose pupil he remained after leaving the college, studying with him until 1901. In 1899 Dunhill was the first winner of the Tagore Gold Medal, awarded to the college's outstanding students.Kington. Bery
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From 1899 to 1908 Dunhill was assistant music master at Eton. From 1905 he was also on the staff of the Royal College of Music as professor of harmony and counterpoint. He began a career as an examiner for the
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, working in Britain and throughout much of the
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. From 1907 to 1919 Dunhill presented concerts of chamber music in London, featuring the works of British composers. After the first, in June 1907, ''
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'' observed: Among the composers featured in the first concerts were
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,
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,
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and
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. Later, Dunhill presented works by
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, Charles Wood, Eugene Goossens,
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, J. B. McEwen, Richard Walthew and
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.


Songs and chamber music

During this period Dunhill was composing orchestral and chamber works, songs and song cycles. His setting of 'Half Close Your Eyelids', first published in ''The Dome'' in 1902, is the earliest known song setting of poetry by
W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...
. It was used as the first song in the 1904 Yeats cycle ''The Wind Among the Reeds'', which also includes Dunhill's best known song, 'The Cloths of Heaven'. The cycle was first performed in 1912 (in the orchestral version) by
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at a
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concert conducted by Sir Frederic Cowen."Music – Philharmonic Society", ''The Times'', 22 November 1912, p. 9 ''The Times'' said, "Mr. Dunhill has caught the spirit of Yeats's poems very skilfully, and his music well conveys their quiet, unforced mysticism, their quick turns of humour and the easy flow of the lines. … Mr. Dunhill's setting never seems to miss a point, and never labours one." Early chamber works include the F minor Quintet for horn and strings, op 6 (1900), the Piano Quartet in B minor (1903) and the Piano Quintet in C minor (1904). After that came several one-movement fantasy pieces (under the influence of W.W. Cobbett), such as the ‘Phantasie’ String Quartet (1906), and a Phantasy Trio for piano, viola and cello (1911). The Trio was performed at the
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in 1912 by Margery Hall (violin),
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(viola) and
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(piano). There were also two violin sonatas - the second (of 1917) in F major perhaps his finest work, according to Jeremy Dibble. However its fame was short-lived, quickly overshadowed by his friend and contemporary
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's more spectacular violin sonata, which "caused a sensation" in the same year.


Wartime and after

In the London musical world Dunhill was a figure of increasing prominence in the years before the First World War. He was invited to address the Musical Association in 1908 on the topic "The evolution of melody"; his remarks were widely reported in the general press. In 1914, Dunhill married Mary Penrose Arnold, the great-niece of
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, and the great-granddaughter of
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. The marriage took place at St Luke's Church in Chelsea, where John Ireland was the resident organist and chorus master. At the outbreak of the war he joined the
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and later became a bandsman with the
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. In 1918 he was appointed a director of the Royal Philharmonic Society; he chaired the board meeting that reformed the constitution of the society after its wartime expedient of effective control by
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. As well as the F major violin sonata, wartime works include the ''Four Original Pieces for organ'', Op. 101 (1916), the Symphony in A minor (1916), his most substantial orchestral work, first performed in
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on 28 December 1922, and the ''Elegiac Variations on an Original Theme'' (1919–20), dedicated to the memory of
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and first performed at the Gloucester Festival in 1922.


Light opera

One of the composers whom Dunhill greatly admired was
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. He generally avoided Sullivan's influence in his own music, but his 1928 study of Sullivan's music broke new ground: there had been many biographies and memoirs, but Dunhill's was the first book by a practising musician to analyse the music. In addition to the 1928 book, Dunhill arranged 15 piano albums of music from all 14
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operas. His one-act light opera ''The Enchanted Garden'' gained some attention when it was published as part of the
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series in 1925. But in 1931 Dunhill's music came to a much wider public with the comic opera '' Tantivy Towers'' to a libretto by
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. It ran at the
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and then at the New Theatre, London for more than 180 performances."The Theatres – Revival of "Tantivy Towers," ''The Times'', 27 May 1935, p. 12 It was revived in 1935 with
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and
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in the leading roles. The opera humorously contrasted modern
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artistic types with the traditional philistine county set. Dunhill was widely thought to have succeeded more with the music for the latter than for the former, and was criticised for avoiding any hint of jazz in his Chelsea music."The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith – 'Tantivy Towers'", ''The Times'', 17 January 1931, p. 8


Later years

Dunhill was a stalwart of organisations dedicated to the welfare of his fellow musicians: these included the
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and the
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. He was a director of the Royal Philharmonic Society and Dean of the Faculty of Music at the
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. He was in steady demand as musical examiner, lecturer, and adjudicator, and returned to teaching, first at the Royal College, taking the chamber music class, and later at Eton, where he returned during the Second World War. As a composer, Dunhill's later works include the nostalgic suite for strings ''In Rural England'' (1929); the ballet ''Gallimaufry'', premiered in
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in 1937; ''Triptych'' for viola and orchestra (1942, dedicated to Lionel Tertis); and the overture ''May Time'' (1945) premiered at
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, where it was conducted by
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. ''The Times'' called the last "a popular and unpretentious overture which makes its way cheerfully enough and cleverly draws on the true vitality of a
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and one of
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's best tunes. At a time when
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's music was out of fashion, Dunhill was a strong advocate for it. His 1938 book about the composer combined biography and musical analysis. ''
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'' praised Dunhill for his accessible analysis and for "a portrait drawn by one who knew and loved him well." Among the honours given to Dunhill were the
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Chamber Music Medal (1924), of which he was the first recipient, an honorary doctorate from
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(1940) and honorary fellowships of the
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(1938) and the Royal College of Music (1942).


Personal life

Thomas Dunhill lived with his wife Mary at 74, Lansdowne Road in Notting Hill Gate until 1924, when they moved to
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. There were two sons and a daughter of the marriage. Mary Dunhill died in October 1929, after which Dunhill returned to London, living at 27, Platts Lane in Hampstead for the last years of his life. In 1942 Dunhill married Isabella Simpson Featonby. He died at his mother-in-law's house in Scunthorpe, aged 69. His son David Dunhill (1917-2005) became a well-known BBC radio announcer who wrote a memoir of his father in 1997.


Compositions

Orchestral * ''Capricious Variations on an Old English Tune'' for cello and orchestra, Op. 32 (1910) * ''Chiddingfold Suite'' for strings, Op. 60 (1922) (also version for organ) * ''Concertino'' for two violins and strings, Op. 92 (1941) (score lost) * ''Dances in Miniature'' for strings, Op. 80 (1935) * ''Divertimento'' for small orchestra, Op. 98 (1942) * ''Dance Suite'' for strings, Op. 42 (1919) * ''Elegiac Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 57 (1922) * ''Four Pieces'' for string orchestra, Op. 83 (1936) * ''Guildford Suite'', Op. 66a (1928) * ''In Rural England'', suite for strings, Op. 72 (1929) * ''The King's Threshold'' overture (1913) * ''May Time'' overture (1945) * Symphony in A minor ''Belgrade'' (1916) * ''Three Pieces'', for string orchestra and organ, Op. 67 (1928) * ''Triptych: Three Impressions'' for viola and orchestra, Op. 99 (1942) * ''Vectis Suite'', for string orchestra, Op. 82 (1937) * ''Valse Fantasia'' for flute and orchestra, Op. 12 (1899) Chamber and Instrumental * ''Concert Study'' for piano * ''Cornucopia''; six miniatures for horn and piano * ''Four Hand Fancies'', six pieces for piano duet (1938) * ''Four Original Pieces for organ, Op. 101'' (1916) * ''Friendship's Garland'', five pieces for oboe and piano, Op. 97 * ''Lunar Rainbow'' for piano * ''Lyric Suite'' for bassoon and piano (1941) * ''Pastime and Good Company'' for piano, Op. 70 (also orchestral suite) * Piano Quartet in B minor, Op. 16 (1903) * Piano Quintet in C minor (1904) * ''Phantasy Trio'' for piano, violin and viola, Op. 36 (1911) * ''Phantasy Suite'' in six movements for clarinet and piano, Op. 91 * ''Phantasy'' string quartet (1906) * Quintet in E flat for horn, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, Op. 3 (1898) * Quintet in F minor,''Nitor in adversum'', for horn and string quartet, Op. 6 (1900) * ''Salon Pieces'' for piano, Op. 41 (1913) * ''Ten Studies'' for piano, Op. 51 (1917) * ''Three Easy Pieces'' for oboe and piano, Op. 81 (written for Léon Goossens) * ''Variations on an Original Theme'' for cello and piano, Op. 18 (1918) * Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op. 27 (1908) * Violin Sonata No 2 in F major, Op. 50 (1916–17) * ''Three Chiddingfold Pieces'' for organ, Op 60a (1922) * ''The Wheel of Progress'', graded studies for piano Songs and vocal * ''Cantata of the Nativity (The Christmas Rose)'' for unison or two-part treble voices (1936) * ''Comrades'', for baritone and orchestra, Op. 19 (1905) * ''John Gilpin'', children's cantata * ''Masque of the Shoe'', children's cantata (1917) * Part songs for mixed voices, two part voices, ladies voices and male voices * ''Sea Fairies'', children's cantata (1912) * Solo songs, including ''Beauty and Beauty, A Child's Song of Praise, Countryside Ditties, The Dandelion, Snowdrops, If a Mouse Could Fly, Three Fine Ships, The Happy Man''. * ''Song of the River'', four songs for vocal quartet (1916) * ''To the Queen of Heaven'', song for voice and piano * ''Tubal Cain'', ballad for mixed chorus and orchestra * ''The Wind Among the Reeds'', song-cycle, tenor and orchestra (1905) Opera and theatre * ''Alicia'', children's opera (1938) * ''Dick Whittington'', ballet (1935) (also orchestral suite) * ''The Enchanted Garden'', light opera (1925) * ''Frolicsome Hours'' operetta for children (1904) * ''Gallimaufry'', ballet (1937) * ''Happy Families'', light opera (1933) * ''Princess Una'', children's operetta (1901) * ''Something in the City'', light opera (1939) * '' Tantivy Towers'' light opera (1931) (with
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) * ''The Town of the Ford'', Guildford pageant play (1925)


Writings

* ''Chamber Music: A Treatise for students'' (Macmillan, London 1913) * ''Mozart's String Quartets'' (London, 1927) * ''William Cobbett's Cyclopaedic Survey of Chamber Music'' (1930) (many entries) * "Edward German, An Appreciation" in ''Musical Times'', Vol. 77, No. 1126 (Dec. 1936), pp. 1073–1077. * ''Sullivan's Comic Operas – A Critical Appreciation'' (Edward Arnold, London 1928). * ''
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'' (Blackie & Son, London, 1938)


Selected recordings

* ''Phantasy Suite for Clarinet and Piano'', op 91: on ''British Clarinet and Piano Music'', Chandos 9079 * Piano Quartet in B minor, op 16: on ''The Primrose Piano Quartet'', Meridian CDE 84519 * Piano Quintet in C minor, o
''Dunhill & Erlanger: Piano Quintets''
Hyperion CDA68296 (2020) * Quintets (op 3 and op 6), ''Phantasy Trio'' op 36: on ''Dunhill Quintets'', Epoch CDLX7152 * ''Rural England Suite'': on ''Palace Premieres'', MPR CWSO01 * Symphony in A minor: on ''Symphonies by Dunhill & Arnell'', EPOCH CDLX 7195 * ''Tantivy Towers'' overture (arr Philip Lane): o
''British Light Overtures Vol 1'', ASV CD WHL 2133
*
Triptych, Three Impressions for viola and orchestra
', recorded (for viola with piano reduction) by Sarah-Jane Bradley and John Lenehan. Dutton Epoch CDLX7390 (2021) * Violin Sonata No 2, op 50: on ''English Violin Sonatas'', REGIS RRC1376 * ''The Wind Among the Reeds'': BBC broadcast (2004) by Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra, Martyn Hill, tenor


References


External links

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* ttp://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/May01/Dunhillbook.htm Noble, Richard. Book Review, ''Thomas Dunhill: Maker of Music by David Dunhill''.
''The Cloths of Heaven''
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