John Hebden

John Hebden

John Hebden (1712 – 1765) was a composer and musician in 18th century Great Britain.

Little is known of Hebden's life. He was baptized on 21 July 1712 at Spofforth, near Harrogate in Yorkshire, the son of 'John Hebdin' of Plompton. He was orphaned when young but was fortunate enough to receive an excellent education, including musical tuition.

He lived most of his life in York and it was there in 1732 that he married a lady named Mary Preistland. They had a child, John, but unfortunately Mary died while John was still young. Years later Hebden bequeathed money to be held in trust for his "ne'er do well" son.

Hebden was a professional bassoonist, gamba (viol) player and cellist and in the 1730s composed music for a small local professional orchestra containing "all the best Hands in Town". They gave many concerts at the York Assembly Rooms which were designed by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington who was a patron to George Frideric Handel.

At some stage he must have moved to London - the musical historian Charles Burney noted him playing music there in 1744. This was presumably when he was principal cellist and bassoonist with the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens. He is also mentioned in Pohl's list of virtuoso musicians as a cellist and bassoonist in 1750.

His 'six concertos for strings' were undoubtedly highly thought of as their fame spread to Germany. The impressive list of subscribers to these works shows the high esteem in which Hebden was held by his musical contemporaries. The list includes fellow composers Arne, Boyce, SammartiniClarifyme and Geminiani as well as the Earl and Countess of Burlington, the Devil and the Globe music club taverns in London, plus numerous organists and amateur and professional musicians.

His only surviving works are the 6 concertos for strings, op. 2 mentioned above and his 6 solos for flute and harpsichord.


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