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Hobday studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Henry Holmes.
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Alfred Hobday
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He was the elder brother of the double-bass player Claude Hobday. He played in several leading string quartet musical ensembles, notably at Street James"s Hall, with Joseph Joachim, Lady Hallé, Ries and the cellist Alfredo Piatti. Hobday was solo viola at the Royal Covent Garden Opera from 1900 to 1914.
He was also the leading viola of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, of the Goossens Orchestra, of the London Symphony Orchestra from its inception in 1904, and of the orchestras of the chief festivals.
Hobday premiered several works including Frank Bridge"s Phantasy for Piano Quartet, Vaughan Williams" Four Hymns for Tenor, and String Orchestra and Vaughan Williams"s Quintet in C Minor for Pianoforte, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Double Bass. The English composer Ernest Walker also composed works specifically for Hobday.
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February 23, 1942 (aged 71) -
Nationality
United Kingdom