Joseph Harold Hinton (1 January 1862 – 4 January 1941) was a British composer and organist. Hinton was born in Claydon, Buckinghamshire. His teachers included

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. In 1882 Hinton was appointed resident music-master at Blairlodge School in

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, Scotland, moving then in 1885 to be organist at

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. His published compositions include a setting of '' De Profundis,'' a song titled ''Eldorado,'' and some

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s. In 1908 he published ''L'allegro'', his op. 5, for string orchestra, with timpani ad lib. He was honorary secretary of the Glasgow Society of Musicians in 1909. At least briefly from 1909 he lived at 7 Striven Gardens in Glasgow. In May 1910 he went to Canada, and worked in Ontario before heading west, to British Columbia. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1941.Obituary, Daily Colonist, Victoria, January 6, 1941

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinton, Joseph 1862 births English composers 1941 deaths Musicians from Buckinghamshire People associated with Glasgow English emigrants to Canada