GB 1249 MS 6007 - HILL, Rev Arthur du Boulay (c 1850-1937)

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GB 1249 MS 6007

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HILL, Rev Arthur du Boulay (c 1850-1937)

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  • c1906 (Creation)

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Biographical history

Hill was born c1850, and educated at Winchester and Magdalene College, Oxford. He was the incumbent of the parish of East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, for many years. After his retirement in the 1920s, he lived at Northchurch, Berkamsted, Herfordshire, where he financed and organized the re-hanging of the church bells, and trained a team of handbell ringers.

Archival history

After his death, a quantity of his musical papers were given to E A K Ridley, a neighbour, by his executrix Mrs Kestell Floger of Sidmouth.
GB 1249 MS 6007 c1906 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Hill , Arthur du Boulay , c 1850-1937 , Anglican clergyman
Hill was born c1850, and educated at Winchester and Magdalene College, Oxford. He was the incumbent of the parish of East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, for many years. After his retirement in the 1920s, he lived at Northchurch, Berkamsted, Herfordshire, where he financed and organized the re-hanging of the church bells, and trained a team of handbell ringers.

After his death, a quantity of his musical papers were given to E A K Ridley, a neighbour, by his executrix Mrs Kestell Floger of Sidmouth.

Presented to the College by E A K Ridley, November 1988.

Notebook containing various writings on chants and chanting compiled by Rev Arthur du Boulay Hill, comprising manuscript paper by Hill on chanting, 6pp; printed article 'Congregational singing in church' by Dr A Madely Richardson, read at Beckenham, 14 Jul 1906; manuscript notes by Hill on `Observations on chanting' by the composer Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856), probably taken from the transcription by William Barclay Squire, musicologist (1855-1927) published in Sammelbände der Internationalen Musik-Geselleschaft, 8, 1906-1907; brief biographical details on Hill.

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English.
1 volume (94ff, 23cm). The papers by Hill and Richardson are loose inserts.

Detailed list in RCM Manuscripts Catalogue, part 3.

Nottinghamshire Archives holds correspondence, notebooks and papers by Hill relating to the history of the parish of East Bridgford, c1898-1932 (Ref: (Acc 982) PR 6571-6606, East Bridgford).

Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Sources: National Register of Archives; short biography in collection. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jul 2001 Hill , Arthur du Boulay , c 1850-1937 , Anglican clergyman rector of East Bridgford, Notts Music Musical styles Religious music Vocal music Performing arts

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Presented to the College by E A K Ridley, November 1988.

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Notebook containing various writings on chants and chanting compiled by Rev Arthur du Boulay Hill, comprising manuscript paper by Hill on chanting, 6pp; printed article 'Congregational singing in church' by Dr A Madely Richardson, read at Beckenham, 14 Jul 1906; manuscript notes by Hill on `Observations on chanting' by the composer Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856), probably taken from the transcription by William Barclay Squire, musicologist (1855-1927) published in Sammelbände der Internationalen Musik-Geselleschaft, 8, 1906-1907; brief biographical details on Hill.

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Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.

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Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English.

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Detailed list in RCM Manuscripts Catalogue, part 3.

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Nottinghamshire Archives holds correspondence, notebooks and papers by Hill relating to the history of the parish of East Bridgford, c1898-1932 (Ref: (Acc 982) PR 6571-6606, East Bridgford).

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Royal College of Music

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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