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Hill, Dedette Lee (widow Billy Hill, q.v.)> author; b. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 2, 1900; d. Hollywood, Calif., June 5,1950. ASCAP 1940. Songs: "There's a Little Box of Pine on the 7:29"; "Put On an Old Pair of Shoes"; "Old Folks"; "We Speak of You Often"; "Address Unknown"; "I Cant Find Anything to Suit My Mood"; "There's Someone Else in My Place Now"; "I Don't Want to March." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Hill, Edward Burlingame, composer; b. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 9, 1872. ASCAP 1948. Educ: Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge; Harvard Univ. 1894, A.B.; studied orch. New England Cons.; adv. musical studies John K. Paine, Harvard, B. J. Lang, Boston; Frederic F. Bullard, Boston, G. W. Chadwick, Arthur Whiting, New York; instrumental music, Harvard, 1908-18; Assoc. Prof. 1918-28, Prof, of Music 1928-36; Chairman, Dir. of Music 1928-34; James E. Dit-son prof, of music since 1936. U.S. Rep. International Jury for Musical Competition Olympic Games, Paris, 1924. Awarded Chevalier Legion of Honor. Member Natl. Inst, of Arts and Letters, American Acad. Arts and Science. Works. Four Symphonies, in B flat, C, G, E flat, Lilacs, poem for orch.; two Stevensoniana Suites, Sin-fonietta for orch.; Concertina, for piano and orch.; Violin Concerto; Ode for chorus and orch.; Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration for women's voices and orch., Sonata for clarinet and piano; Sextet for wind and piano; String Quartet, transcribed for string orch.; music for English horn and orch. Home: Francestown, N.H. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Hill, M. Wood, see Wood Hill, M.
Hill, Mildred J., composer, b. Louisville, Ky., June 27, 1859; d. Chicago, 111., June 5, 1916. ASCAP 1940. Educated in music with father, became |
church organist and concert pianist. Advanced studies with Calvin B. Cady and Adolf Weidig, Chicago, harmony and counterpoint. Authority on Negro spirituals. Works: Song Stories for the Kindergarten and Primary School (book); "Good Morning to All"; "Happy Birthday to You"; and concert songs. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Hill, William J. (Billy Hill), composer, author, b. Boston, Mass., July 14, 1899; d. Boston, Mass., Dec. 24, 1940. ASCAP 1929. Educ: Boston public schools; violin with Dr. Carl Muck. As youth traveled extensively through Far West; rode the range, worked with surveyors in Death Valley, played violin and piano in dance halls, said to have had first jazz orchestra ol the Far West, in Salt Lake City. Augmented wages as doorman m New Yoik by occasional sales for nominal sums of original songs used on the "B" side of records. With publication of "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree," became songwriter. Songs. "Dream River"; "For Molly and Me"; "The Old Man of the Mountain", "Have You Ever Been Lonely"; "The Old Spinning Wheel"; "The Last Round-Up"; "There's a Home in WyomhV "; "Wagon Wheels"; "Lights Out"; "Empty Saddles"; "In a Chapel in the Moonlight"; "The Call of the Canyon"; "Glory of Love"; "Rain"; "On a Little Street In Singapore." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Hillebrand, Fred, composer, author, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1893. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: St. Joseph's Acad., Babylon, L.I.; orchestration at Juilliard School of Music. Musical comedy performer for twenty-five years, wrote own material. After long career as song writer began formal study of music. Works: The Swing Princess, operetta; The Rich Mrs. Vanderveer, musical comedy; Southland, opera; Without Rhyme or |
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