Anthony Nelson Herschel Hill (1939 – 22 July 2016) was an English musician, composer, and professor of music. During his lifetime, Herschel Hill composed some 24 symphonies and 14 concertos.
Early life and education Anthony Nelson Herschel Hill was born in 1939 in Shrewsbury, England,Anthony Herschel Hill (Composer) at Presto Music to the eminent psychiatrist Sir Denis Hill.Hill, Anthony Herschel: Two Pieces for Viola and Piano at WhitehorseAnthony Herschel Hill at VIRTUOSO PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS He is a descendant of the astronomer and composer Sir William Herschel. Four pieces for Double Bass and Piano at ABRSMAnthony Herschel Hill Recordings at SOMM Recordings
Herschel Hill studied at the Royal College of Music as a pianist, organist, and composer, for which he won several of the major prizes. While there, he studied with the musician composers Herbert Howells, Richard Latham, and Cyril Smith. After further study in Paris with French musician Nadia Boulanger and tutoring with Hungarian musician Louis Kentner, he began his career as a musician and teacher.Rhaglen / Programme: Gŵyl Gerdd Bangor Music Festival 2011 at Issuu
Career Herschel Hill has composed for piano, organ, and choir.Upbeat Spring 2017 at Issuu He has played concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia. He has also performed a number of solo recitals across the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, and New Zealand. As a composer, several of his pieces have appeared on the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) exam lists and on BBC Radio 3.Anthony Herschel Hill at Amazon
In 1982, Herschel Hill published two albums with the classical sheet music publisher Stainer & Bell: Four pieces for cello and piano and Two pieces for viola and piano. He wrote an additional album for them – O ye that love the Lord : trebles and organ – in 1986. That same year, he wrote two albums for the publisher Fraser-Enoch: Soliloquy for piano and Contrasts for piano.
He was a teacher of music at Bishop's Stortford College in Hertfordshire. By 1986, he was director of music at St Simon Zelotes Church in London,Robert Ramsey's Latin Sacred Music at JSTOR a position he held for more than a quarter of a century.
Herschel Hill has written a number of liturgical works. He wrote Ave Verum Corpus in 1990 for Prebendary John Pearce and the choir of St Simon Zelotes Church.Ave Verum Corpus at Stretta Music
Personal life In 1964, Herschel Hill married Joan Havill, a New Zealand pianist, with whom he had studied at the Royal College of Music, in Kensington, London.Hill, Anthony N Herschel
Death Herschel Hill died on 22 July 2016 in the City of London. His funeral was held on 10 August at St Marylebone Crematorium in East Finchley, London.Anthony Nelson Herschel HILL at The Times through Legacy.com Following his death, Radio Times wrote that his "true worth" was "yet to be fully appreciated."
Discography Year Album Publisher Notes 1980 Man shall be free Banks Music Man shall be free : Christmas carol for SSA and piano / words by A.J. Featherstone; music by Anthony Herschel Hill1981 Toccata eroica Robertson Publications Toccata eroica / Anthony Herschel Hill1982 Four pieces for cello and piano Stainer & Bell Four pieces for cello and piano / Anthony Herschel Hill Two pieces for viola and piano Stainer & Bell Two pieces for viola and piano / Anthony Herschel Hill1985 Toccata 1986 O ye that love the Lord : trebles and organ Stainer & Bell O ye that love the Lord : trebles and organ / Anthony Herschel Hill Soliloquy for piano Fraser-Enoch Soliloquy for piano / by Anthony Herschel Hill Contrasts for piano Fraser-Enoch Contrasts for piano / by Anthony Herschel Hill1990 Ave Verum Corpus Stainer & Bell Hill, Anthony Herschel: Ave Verum Corpus ISMN: 97902202076171992 Litany Colour and Light at Walmart2010 Piano: Beethoven, Schumann, A.Herschel Hill, P.Martin, Rachmaninoff Caroline Clipsham Piano: Beethoven, Schumann, A.Herschel Hill, P.Martin, Rachmaninoff on Apple Music2017 Piano Duo Somm Recordings 2023 Man Shall Be Free G&L Musical Posthumous
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