Charles Hague

Background

Hague was born at Tadcaster, Yorkshire, and was taught music and the violin by an elder brother.

Education

In 1779 he moved with his brother to Cambridge, where he studied the violin under Antony Manini, and thorough-bass and composition under Hellendaal the Elder.

Career

Manini died in 1785, and Hague moved to London and studied under Johann Peter Salomon and Benjamin Cooke. On his return to Cambridge he took pupils, among whom was Doctor William Crotch, and in 1794 proceeded Music.B. In 1799 he succeeded John Randall as professor of music, and in 1801 proceeded Music.D.

Hague died at Cambridge 18 June 1821.

Achievements

• His eldest daughter, Harriot Hague, an accomplished pianist, who published in 1814 Six Songs, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, died in 1816, aged 23.

Connections

Friend:

Joseph Jowett