Philip Hayes (organist)

Philip Hayes (Oxford, 1738 - London, 1797) was an English organist, successor to his father William in the positions of organist of Magdalen College, Oxford and professor of music of Oxford University, on his father's death in 1777. Hayes Close in Oxford is named after the father and son [ [http://www.headington.org.uk/history/marston_history/misc/street_names.htm Street names of Marston, Oxfordshire ] ] .

Hayes was renowned as one of the worst-tempered men in England, and the fattest. His ill temper and his bulk made him an object of wit, with "Phil Hayes" being corrupted to "fill chaise". ["The Oxford Companion to Music", Oxford University Press, 1955 (Percy A. Scholes, ed.)] ["St. John's College, Oxford", The Musical Times, Vol. 47, No. 759 (May 1, 1906), pp. 301-309] [Langford, Paul: "Music at Oxford in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" (review) Music and Letters - Volume 85, Number 1, 2004, pp. 107-108]

Among his pupils was John Clarke Whitfeld, though his pupillage is sometimes attributed to Hayes "père" [ [http://www.stpatricks-cathedral.org/organist.asp?name=Clarke St. Patrick's Cathedral] ] .

Hayes died suddenly aged 59 while on a trip to London.

Some of his compositions survive but are little heard nowadays. Recordings are available of his "piano concerto no. 4 in A major".

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