Dictionary definition: Parry, (Sir) (Charles) Hubert (Hastings)

Parry, (Sir) (Charles) Hubert (Hastings) ( b Bournemouth, 1848; d Rustington, Sussex, 1918). Eng. composer, teacher, and writer. Studied Oxford Univ. (co-founder of Mus. Club) with Sterndale Bennett and Macfarren. Entered business 1871 but 3 years later gave it up for mus. Studied pf. with E. Dannreuther, who introduced his pf. conc., 1880. His choral works, especially Blest Pair of Sirens (1887), est. him, with Stanford, in the forefront of Brit. composers at a time when Brahms and Bach were the admired models. He wrote prolifically in several genres (composing an unprod. opera, Guenever 1885–6), and exerted a beneficial influence on Eng. mus. through his educational work. He ...

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