- Pierson, Henry, Hugo
[E] Pierson, Henry, Hugo, or Pearson,
composer, born at Oxford, April 12, 1816.
Educated at Harrow and Trinity College,
Cambridge. He studied music under Attwood
and Corfe, in England ; Rink, Tomaschek,
and Reissiger in Germany. Professor of
Music in Edinburgh Univer.sity, 1844. Married
to Caroline Leonhardt. Resided mostly in
Germany. He died at Leipzig, January 28,
1873, and is buried at the family burying
place at Sonning, Berks.[W] Works. — Oratorios : Jerusalem, Norwich
Festival, 1852; London, 1853. Hezekiah,
Norwich. 1869. Music to Second Part of
Goethe's "Faust," Hamburg, 1854. Operas:
Contarini, Hamburg, 1872 ; Leila, Hamburg,
1848; Symphony, Macbeth, op. 54. Overtjires :
" As you like it " ; " Romeo and Juliet," op.
86; "Julius Caesar"; Romantique. Salve
sternum, a Roman dirge, op. 30, 1853 ; Der[+] Elfensieg. Six romances for voice and pf. ;
Six songs for voice and pf. ; Elegies, do. ;
Lieder, various ; Ye Mariners of England,
part-song ; Hurrah for Merry England ; Now
the bright morning star. Blessed are the
dead, anthem ; Ave Maria. Office of the Holy
Communion set to music [1870] . Thirty
Hymn Tunes, 1870; 2nd series, 1872. Te
Deums, etc.entry id: 320-R-44
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