Born: 25 January 1888, United States
Died: 31 January 1984
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Anne Adlum Hull was born on January 25, 1888, in Brookland, Pennsylvania. Her family later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and she was educated at Bryn Mawr School. She studied music at Peabody Conservatory, where her piano teachers were Harold Randolph and Ernest Hutcheson, and her theory and composition teacher was Otis Bardwell Boise. She earned an Artist Diploma in Piano and a Teacher’s Certificate from Peabody.
She began her piano performance career in the 1920s, touring as a soloist and as a piano duet with Mary Howe. Hull appeared with multiple ensembles, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Russian Symphony Orchestra, and the Lenox Quartet. Solo works in her repertoire included Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto in E-flat, Edward MacDowell’s Concerto in D minor, and Mary Howe’s Casetellana. She made her Aeolian Hall debut in 1926.
Hull taught piano extensively, particularly focusing on younger students. She was on the faculty of the Preparatory Department at the Peabody Conservatory, resigning in 1923. From there, she taught at the Greenwich House Music School in New York from 1923 to 1940, as well as the Henry Street Music School from 1938 to 1940. In 1940, she began teaching at The Juilliard Preparatory School until her retirement in 1968. She also adjuducated multiple competitions and auditions, including those at the Griffith Music Foundation, Music Education League, NFMC Young Artist Competition, and Jersey City Philharmonic Guild. In 1965, she was awarded a citation from the Peabody Alumni Association for “Distinguished Service to Music.”
In addition to her performance and teaching career, Hull also worked as a composer and an arranger. Her song “Tears,” as well as her arrangements of traditional works and those by Johann Sebastian Bach, were published by various presses.
Following her retirement, she also wrote fiction and nonfiction on musical topics. She died in Westport, Connecticut, on January 31, 1984.