Introduction

Biography

Hiles was edu­cat­ed at Ox­ford Uni­ver­si­ty (BMus 1862, DMus 1867).

He played the or­gan at Shrews­bu­ry, as his bro­ther’s de­pu­ty (1846); Saint Ni­cholas, Bi­shop­wear­mouth, Sun­der­land (1847); St. Mi­chael’s, Wood Street (1859); the Blind Asy­lum, Man­ches­ter (1859); Bow­den (1861); and St. Paul’s, Man­ches­ter (1863–67).

He lec­tured in har­mo­ny and com­po­si­tion at Ow­en’s Col­lege in Man­ches­ter (1867) and Vic­to­ria Uni­ver­si­ty (1879), and was Pro­fess­or at the Man­ches­ter Col­lege of Music (1893).

He con­duct­ed mu­sic­al so­cie­ties in Lan­ca­shire and York­shire, and owned and ed­it­ed the Quar­ter­ly Mu­sic Re­view (1885–88). He re­tired in 1904, mov­ing to Pin­ner, near Har­row.

Works

• Twelve Tunes to Orig­in­al or Fa­vour­ite Hymns, 1867
• Harmony of Sounds, three edi­tions: 1871, 1872, 1879
• Wesley Tune Book, 1872 (ed­it­or)
• Grammar of Mu­sic, 1879
• First Les­sons in Sing­ing (Man­ches­ter: Hime & Ad­di­son, 1881)
• Part Writ­ing or Mo­dern Coun­ter­point (No­vel­lo: 1884)
• Harmony or Coun­ter­point, 1889
• Harmony, Chor­al or Coun­ter­punt­al, 1894