7 in A major, Stiles 1.2.3.3 SQ7,[1] by Australian composer Alfred Hill was commenced in Melbourne and finished in Sydney on 18 November 1934, as stated in the manuscript score preserved in the National Library of Australia.
[2] It is thought to be the last of Hill's middle period quartets, with some impressionistic features being transitional to his later compositions.
When in 1921 Henri Verbrugghen, the first director of New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, left Australia for Minneapolis, Alfred Hill was a popular candidate for this position, but W. Arundel Orchard was appointed instead.
He retired in 1934, and although Hill was still a popular choice, he was overlooked again in favor of Edgar Bainton.
At the end of it the opening bars of the first movement are cited, rounding the whole composition.