Introduction

Biography

Hullah stu­died un­der Will­iam Hors­ley from 1829, and Do­me­ni­co Cri­vel­li at the Roy­al Aca­de­my of Mu­sic (1833–35).

One of his fel­low stu­dents was Fan­ny Dick­ens, eld­est sis­ter of au­thor Charles Dick­ens. Hul­lah met Charles through her, and in 1836, he wrote the mu­sic for Dick­ens’ co­mic op­era The Vil­lage Co­quettes.

Hullah taught vo­cal mu­sic at Kings Col­lege in the Strand, Queen’s Col­lege, and Be­dford Col­lege. Start­ing in 1841, he con­duct­ed vo­cal music class­es for day and Sun­day school teach­ers.

Works

• A Hym­nal, Chief­ly from The Book of Praise, with Roun­dell Pal­mer (Lon­don: Mac­Mil­lan, 1868)