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Parry (SIR CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS)

SIR (CHARLES) HUBERT HASTINGS, a British composer. He was born at Bournemouth, Eng., in 1848 and made attempts at music at Eton, and at Oxford, graduating as M. A. in 1874, and studying music under Bennett, Macfarren, and Dannreuther. He held musical positions at Dublin, becoming professor of comp Oxford, Cambridge, and of composition and musical history and finally director at the Royal College of Music. He was made a knight in 1898, and a baronet in 1903. He died in 1918. His works include "Judith"; "Job"; "King Saul" (oratorios); several symphonies PARSEES and much incidental music. "Glories of Our Blood and State"; "Blest Pair of Sirens"; "Ode to St. Cecilia's Day"; "The Soul's Ransom," are his chief choral works.