William Hurlstone

William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (died 1906)

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Born: January 7, 1876
Died: May 30, 1906
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Birth year: 1876

About William Hurlstone

William Yeates Hurlstone was an English composer. Showing brilliant musical talent from an early age, he died young, before his full potential could be realized. Nevertheless, he left behind an exquisite, albeit small, body of work. His teacher Sir Charles Villiers Stanford considered him the most talented of his pupils, above Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. In 1905 he won first prize in the Cobbett Competition for a single-movement String Quartet.

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The world when William Hurlstone was born

William Hurlstone was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
Notable inventionTelephone
World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure	1876	2026
Population	43.4M	341 million

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