Hook's first wife, Elizabeth Jane Madden, died. A year later, on 4 November 1806, he married his second wife, Harriet Horncastle James. It was at this time that he produced his best work, Tekeli, or the Siege of Montgatz, the life and adventure of Imre Thököly. In 1820 he unexpectedly left his position at Vauxhall, after almost a half century of service, and he died seven years later in Boulogne. Works Stage works Trick Upon Trick (pantomime), July 1772, Op. 3 Cupid's Revenge (pastoral farce), 12 June 1772, Op. 8 The Lady of the Manor (comic opera), 23 November 1778, Op. 20 Too Civil by Half (farce), 5 November 1782, Op. 25 The Double Disguise (farce), 8 March 1784, Op. 32 The Fair Peruvian (comic opera), 18 March 1786, Op. 45 The Feast of Anacreon (serenata), 24 May 1788, Op. 53 Look ere you Leap (serenata), 2 June 1792, Op. 69 Jack of Newbury (comic opera with masque), 6 May 1795, Op. 80 Diamond Cut Diamond, or Venetian Revels (comic opera), 23 May 1797, Op. 89 The Wreath of Loyalty, or British Volunteer (serenata), 31 July 1799, Op. 94 Wilmore Castle (comic opera), 21 October 1800, Op. 96 The Soldier's Return or What Can Beauty Do? (comic opera), 23 April 1805, Op. 108 The Invisible Girl (operatic farce), 28 April 1806, Op. 112 Catch him who Can (farce), 12 June 1806, Op. 113 Tekeli, or the Siege of Montgatz (melodrama), 24 November 1806, Op. 114 The Fortress (melodrama), 16 July 1807, Op. 117 Music Mad (comic sketch), 27 August 1807, Op. 119 The Siege of St Quintin, or Spanish Heroism (drama), 10 November 1808, Op. 122 Killing no Murder (farce), 21 August 1809, Op. 129 Safe and Sound (comic opera), 28 August 1809, Op. 130 Sharp and Flat (operatic farce), 4 August 1813, Op. 140 Large vocal works The Ascension, oratorio, Covent Garden, 20 March, 1776 Chamber music Six Sonatas For Violoncello and Piano, 1783 Six Solos for Flute and Harpsichord, ca.1774 Six Sonatas For flute (or violin) and Piano, Op. 54 Six duets for 2 cellos, Op. 58 Six Trios for Three Flutes, ca.1795, Op. 83 Six Trios for Three Flutes, Op. 133 Keyboard sonatas Six Familiar Sonatas, 1798 Concerti Works for the clarinet, organ, fortepiano, etc. Songs Over 2,000 Songs, most notably The Lass of Richmond Hill Rhymes Christmas Box Christmas box, Volume 2 (For Juvenile Amusement. Set