A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hatton, John

HATTON, John Liphot [App. p.669 corrects to "John Liptrot"], born in Liverpool 1809, received in his youth a small rudimentary instruction in music, but was otherwise entirely self-taught. He settled in London in 1832, and soon became known as a composer. In 1842 he was engaged at Drury Lane Theatre, at which house, in 1844, he produced an operetta called 'The Queen of the Thames.' In the same year he went to Vienna and brought out his opera, 'Pascal Bruno.' On his return to England he published, under the pseudonym of 'Czapek,' several songs which met with considerable success. In 1848 he visited America. Hatton was for some years director of the music at the Princess's Theatre under Chas. Kean, and whilst there composed music for 'Macbeth' and 'Sardanapalus,' 1853; 'Faust and Marguerite,' overture and entr'actes, 54; 'King Henry VIII,' 55; 'Pizarro,' 56; 'King Richard II,' 57; and 'King Lear,' 'The Merchant of Venice,' and 'Much Ado about Nothing,' 58. He has also composed two Cathedral services; several anthems; 'Rose, or, Love's Ransom,' opera, Covent Garden, 1864; 'Robin Hood,' cantata, Bradford Musical Festival, 1856; several books of part songs, and upwards of 150 songs ('Good bye, sweetheart,' etc.). One of his latest achievements was the 'sacred drama' of 'Hezekiah,' produced at the Crystal Palace, Dec. 15, 1877. [App. p.669 "date of death, Sept. 20, 1886."]

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