Percy Hull

Percy Hull

Sir Percy C. Hull (b. Hereford, England, 27 October 1878 – d. Farnham, Surrey, 31 August 1968) [The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1995, ed. Stanley Sadie, vol. VIII] was an English organist and composer who revived the Three Choirs Festival during his time as organist of Hereford Cathedral from 1918 to 1949. A friend of Edward Elgar (who dedicated the fifth of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches to him) and Ralph Vaughan Williams, he was involved in the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Two Hymn Preludes" and "Prelude and Fugue in C minor for Orchestra."

He was knighted in 1947 for his services to music and his work in the revival of the Three Choirs Festival after World War II.

Father of Eric Hull who married Margaret Duffen in the 1950s, they had two children, Tony and Nigel. Tony was born in Canada while Eric was working there for British Petroleum as a geologist. Eric died several years ago and Margaret died in 2007. Tony and Nigel still live in England.

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