WILSON, Hilda
(1860–1918)> SINGER · TEACHER · COMPOSER
WILSON, Hilda (Matilda Ellen) (pseud. Douglas Hope) English singer, teacher and composer. Monmouth, April 7, 1860; December 1, 1918. She made her debut in Handel’s Messiah at the age of 15. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1879 and from 1880 to 1881 she was a Westmoorland scholar. She was Parepa-Rosa prizewinner in 1882. She composed songs under her pseudonym. Ref. Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Brown, J.D. and Stratton, S.S. British Musical Biography: A…