Percy Hilder Miles encouraged the great viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis, then a fellow violin student at the Royal Academy of Music, to take up the viola in 1895.
Composer Biography
Percy Hilder Miles, the composer, showed astonishing musical prowess as a young boy, learning violin from age 6 and composing from age 8.
Composer Biography
Percy Hilder Miles won the Mendelssohn Scholarship in 1899, one of the highest musical honors, enabling three years of musical study abroad.
Composer Biography
Percy Hilder Miles was made a full Professor of Harmony and Counterpoint at the Royal Academy of Music in 1903, and Rebecca Clarke, a notable composer and violist, was one of his students.
Recording & Production
The recordings for this album were made at Henry Wood Hall in London and The Pamoja Hall at Sevenoaks School in Kent.
Composer Biography
Percy Hilder Miles owned a Stradivarius violin, known as the 'General Kyd', which he bequeathed to Rebecca Clarke in his will.
Album & Artwork
This album, "Chamber Music Volume 2," features world premiere recordings of works by Miles Percy Hilder.
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