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William Henry Hewlett

William Henry Hewlett
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Short Name: William Henry Hewlett
Full Name: Hewlett, William Henry, 1873-1940
Birth Year: 1873
Death Year: 1940

Born: January 16, 1873, Batheaston, Somerset, England.
Died: June 13, 1940, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Hewlett studied music as a child with several teachers in England, with A. S. Vogt at the Toronto College of Music, and Signor D’Auria and A. E. Fisher at the Toronto Conservatory. He received the gold medal upon graduating from the Toronto Conservatory, and won the Conservatory’s Blackstock gold medal for extemporization in 1894.

Hewlett served as organist at Carlton Street Methodist Church, Toronto; conductor of the London, Ontario, Vocal Society; accompanist of the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto; organist and choirmaster of Dundas Centre Methodist Church in London; and secretary of the London chapter of the Associated Musicians of Ontario.

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by William Henry Hewlett (11)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
CARLTON STREETW. H. Hewlett, 1873- (Composer)111712 76122 34213
CENTENARY (Hewlett)W. H. Hewlett, 1873- (Composer)111652 43516 52433
DUNDAS CENTREW. H. Hewlett, 1873- (Composer)1
POLAND (Koschat)William Henry Hewlett, 1873- (Arranger)153333 11333 45444
SERDECZNA MATKOWilliam H. Hewlett (Arranger)155433 33235 44432
[Praise be to Thee, O Lord most High] (Hewlett)W. H. Hewlett (Composer)211353 143
ROYAL OAKWilliam Henry Hewlett, 1873 - 1940 (Arranger)153432 17653 46767
SHEPHERD CAREWilliam Henry Hewlett, 1873 - 1940 (Arranger)312354 32231 21711
SOMERSET (Hewlett)William Henry Hewlett, 1873- (Composer)613517 64321 36756
[Teach me, O Lord, the way] (Hewlett)W. H. Hewlett (Composer)733332 31671 23456
THOMAS CROSBYW. H. Hewlett, 1873- (Composer)155563 76556 71642
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