uncertain in his younger days whether, when he appeared at a concert, he would play a fugue of Bach or sing a comic song.' Yet he was not irreverent: the lasting value of his own ballads and songs, of which he composed more than 150, the merits of his arrangements of the English songs, his role as composer to Kean and accompanist to Mario, Reeves and Santley, and his service over a long period to Boosey both as publishers and as promoters of the Ballad Concerts, tell their own story of his unique place in English music. References Sources Hatton's work at the Princess's Theatre in London is well documented by the playbill collection of the University of Kent at Canterbury Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, pp. 538–89 (1995) External links Foster Hall Collection at the University of Pittsburgh Carleton College Music Department website Hatton's portrait 1809 births 1886 deaths English composers Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Musicians from Liverpool English pianists English singers 19th-century British composers 19th-century pianists 19th-century English singers People from Woolton