Edmund Keating Hyland
Musical artist
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Edmund Keating Hyland (Irish: Éamonn Céitinn Ó Haoláin; 1780 – 1845) was an Irish uilleann piper of the early 19th century.[1][2]
Edmund Keating Hyland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1780 |
| Died | 1845 (age 65) Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Irish traditional music |
| Occupation | Piper |
| Instrument | uilleann pipes |
| Years active | 1799–1845 |
Biography
Keating Hyland was born in Cahir around 1780. At 15, he was blinded by smallpox. At 20, he studied music theory under John Andrew Stevenson in Dublin.[3]
He composed the famous jig entitled "The Fox Chase" (based on an earlier eight-bar work, Maidrin Ruadh),[4] and performed it before King George IV in 1821.[5][6][7] The king awarded him new pipes worth fifty guineas.[8]