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Charles Jerome Hopkins
Charles Jerome Hopkins (18361898) was a 19th-century musician, Composer and Champion of the Arts. He is often confused, in historical texts, with his nephew, Edward Hopkins, who was also a musician and composer.
==Early life and inspirations==
Charles Jerome Hopkins was born April 4, 1836 in Burlington, Vermont. He was the 9th child of that state's first Episcopal Bishop, John Henry Hopkins, and Mellusina Muller Hopkins. Born prematurely, with a weak heart, it was uncertain that he would live beyond infancy. In a letter addressed to him from his aunt Amelia, many years later, it was observed that Charles labored at breathing when he was a child, suffered a lifelong heart murmur and was missing the "pinkie toe" on one of his feet – this latter physical feature responsible for keeping him out of the service during the Civil War.〔Hopkins Family Papers: University of Vermont Bailey Howe Library, Special Collections; Burlington, VT.〕 Charles did survive though he lived a protected and, some would say, a spoiled life due to his delicate health.〔〔"A Golden Wedding": commemorative booklet privately printed and published by Alice Leavenworth Doolittle Hopkins in celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Bishop John H. Hopkins and Mellusina Muller Hopkins〕 From the earliest ages right up through adolescence he was exempt from the work that was required of his older brothers who helped clear land, cut forest, plant an apple orchard and help build the family home and their father's school: the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Rock Point (Burlington, Vermont).〔 Charles was under the care of his elder brother Theodore A. Hopkins who, for 21 years, was headmaster of The Institute school. Theodore was very much like a second father to the boy and encouraged "Charlie", as he was nicknamed by the family, to pursue milder passions. Painting, music, and literature became Charlie's disciplines. Several small sketches from his childhood survive in Hopkins family files at the University of Vermont's Bailey Howe Library in the Special Collections room. One is a watercolor of Lake Champlain with sailboats. Another is a portrait of a small girl. Some sketches of horses and flowers are in the small collection of artwork as well. Charlie's first musical compositions appear when he is nine years old.〔 Hopkins was a self-taught musician and composer and from the beginning of his musical education and career, he spurned European music. Among the exceptions to that preference were Handel, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.〔〔(''The New York Times'' Archives (online) ), (1850–1898)〕 Those composers he supported and he would later include their compositions among the pieces to be performed by either himself or his students. By and large, however, he believed that an American musical style, composed by American artists, would come to be respected and revered if only America would embrace and cultivate its own native artists. At the time, America was still considered to be inhabited by crude immigrants and rebels with no culture. Classical music and opera were ruled by Europe and it was believed by many, worldwide, that only Europeans could become Masters of the Arts.〔Sylvia Mitarachi Wright Papers: a) C. Jerome Hopkins Papers; b) Amy Fay, Correspondence; Houghton Library, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts〕〔''Strong on Music: The Musical Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Volumes 1 and 2'' by Vera Brodsky Lawrence, University of Chicago Press, 1995〕 Charles Jerome Hopkins was determined to prove them wrong.
From the age of ten, barely able to reach the stops, Charlie played pipe organ at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (Burlington, Vermont). He traveled, as well, to churches in Rutland, Vermont and Rochester, New York to play organ and help Theodore write liturgical music for the church services. It was noted by Theodore, in letters of reference for Charles, that the lad could learn any composition by ear.〔〔Theodore Austin Hopkins: personal recollections at Rock Point; Episcopal Institute of Vermont〕 Throughout his entire life, when giving his musical tours and performances, Hopkins never used sheet music or notes when performing or lecturing.〔〔〔〔(''The Brooklyn Eagle Archives'' (online) ), (1865–1875)〕〔Cooper Union Archives, New York City〕
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