{{Short description|English violinist and composer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} '''Charles Hague''' (4 May 1769 – 18 June 1821) was an English violinist and [[composer]], who became professor of music at [[Cambridge University]]. [[File:Charles Hague Harlow.jpg|thumb|Charles Hague]]
==Life== Hague was born at [[Tadcaster]], [[Yorkshire]], and was taught music and the violin by his elder brother, William. In 1779 he moved with his brother to Cambridge, where he studied the violin under [[Antony Manini]], and [[thorough-bass]] and composition under [[Hellendaal the Elder]]. He acquired a reputation as a violin player, which led to a friendship with [[Joseph Jowett]], then [[Regius Professor of Civil Law (Cambridge)|regius professor of civil law]]. Manini died in 1785, and Hague moved to London and studied under [[Johann Peter Salomon]] and [[Benjamin Cooke]]. On his return to Cambridge he took pupils, among whom was [[William Crotch]], and in 1794 as a member of [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] proceeded [[Mus.B.]] In 1799 he succeeded [[John Randall (organist)|John Randall]] as professor of music, and in 1801 proceeded Mus.D.<ref>{{acad|id=HG794C|name=Hague, Charles}}</ref><ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Hague, Charles|volume=23}}</ref>
In 1791 he married Harriet, daughter of J. Hussey, Esq. of Clapton and they settled in Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sainsbury |first1=J. |title=A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=9780511703225}}</ref> They had two children. His eldest daughter, [[Harriet Hague]], an accomplished pianist, who published in 1814 ''Six Songs, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte'', died in 1816, aged 23.<ref name="DNB"/>
Hague died in Cambridge 18 June 1821.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Memoir of the Late Dr. Hague, Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge |journal=The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review |date=1822 |volume=4 |issue=13 |pages=123–128 |id={{ProQuest|7829745}} }}</ref>
==Works== Hague's main works were:<ref name="DNB"/>
*''By the Waters of Babylon. An Anthem composed for the Degree of Bachelor of Music, and performed 29 June 1794''. *''Glees''. *''Twelve Symphonies by Haydn, arranged as Quintets''. *''The Ode as performed in the Senate-house at Cambridge at the Installation of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Chancellor of the University''. This ode was written by [[William Smyth (historian)|William Smyth]], professor of history.
Hague also assisted [[James Plumptre]], fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, in the publication of ''A Collection of Songs'', 1805.<ref name="DNB"/>
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