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Alfred James Hipkins FSA (17 June 1826, Westminster – 3 June 1903, Kensington) was an English musician, musicologist and musical antiquary. In 1840 Hipkins became an apprentice in the pianoforte factory of John Broadbent & Sons Ltd〔〔(History of John Broadwood & Sons Ltd Piano Manufacturer )〕 and he remained an employee of this company for the rest of his life. Despite having very limited musical training on the pianoforte and the organ, he gained a reputation for his performances of Chopin's music.〔 He wrote many reviews of books on musical ethnology or musical antiquity for ''The Athenæum'' and ''The Musical Times''. In 1891 he gave the Cantor lectures on ''Musical instruments, their construction and capabilities'' to the Royal Society of Arts. Hipkins married in October 1850 and the marriage produced a son John, who became a noted wood-engraver, and a daughter Edith, who became a highly successful portrait painter. Hipkins, Carl Engel and Thomas Taphouse created three of the outstanding antiquarian collections of musical instruments in the U.K. According to his will, the Royal Institution received his collection of tuning forks and the Royal College of Music received his collection of musical instruments. ==Selected works== * * * reprinted in 1975 with an introduction by Edwin M. Ripan * reprinted in 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred James Hipkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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