James Hook (composer)
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James Hook was an English composer and organist and a friend of Joseph Haydn and Muzio Clementi.
James Hook by Lemuel Francis Abbott
Portrait of Sarah Prince by John Brewster, Jr. (ca. 1801). She is holding a copy of the sheet music for Hook's song "The Silver Moon" (1794).
Marylebone Gardens
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Marylebone Gardens or Marybone Gardens was a London pleasure garden sited in the grounds of the old manor house of Marylebone and frequented from the mid-17th century, when Marylebone was a village se
James Hook (composer)
…May 1766, at St. Pancras Old Church. They had two sons, James (1772–1828) and Theodore Edward (1788–1841). Hook was appointed organist and composer to Marylebone Gardens in 1768. In addition to his performances as an organist, and occasionally on the harpsichord, he was now invited to perform concertos between the main…
Samuel Arnold, manager of Marylebone Gardens from 1769