Hogarth, George

HOGARTH, George, born 1783, was educated for the legal profession, which he practised in Edinburgh. He studied music as an amateur, and became a violoncellist and composer. In 1815 he was joint secretary with George Farquhar Graham of the first Edinburgh Musical Festival. From 1830 he was a contributor to ‘The Harmonicon.’ About 1834 he settled in London, and became sub-editor and music critic of ‘The Morning Chronicle.’ In 1835 he published ‘Musical History, Biography and CriticismMusical History, Biography and Criticism...