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1Hilf, Arno, celebrated violin-virtuoso; b. Bad Elster, Saxony, Mar. 14, 1858. Pupil of his father, Wilhelm Christoph H., and from 1872 of the Leipzig Cons. under David, Röntgen, and Schradieck. Second Concertmeister and teacher at Moscow Cons. in 1878, and at Sondershausen in 1888. The same year, he succeeded Petri as leader of the Gewandhaus orch., Leipzig. Also leader of an excellent quartet.
3Hill, William, English organ-builder; b. London, 1800; d. there Dec. 18, 1870. With Dr. Gauntlett, introduced the CC compass. Mendelssohn frequently said that the organ of St. Peter's, London, built by H., was the finest in the world.
5Hill, William Ebsworth, b. London, 1817; d. Hanley, Apr. 2, 1895. Celebrated violin-maker, grandson of Joseph Hill. Took gold medals at World's Fairs in Paris and London.
7Hill, Thomas Henry Weist, violinist and conductor; b. London, Jan. 3, 1828; d. there Dec. 26, 1891. Pupil of Sainton at R. A. M. Made concert-tours in America and Europe. Member of the orchestras of the Opera, Philh., and Sacred Harmonic. In 1879, cond. at Alexandra Palace; 1880, Principal of the Guildhall School of Music.—Pieces for vln. and f. 'cello; and a "Civic Anthem."
9Hill, Ureli C., b. New York, 1802 (?); d. Sept., 1875. Violinist, a pupil of Spohr at Kassel (1836). Founder and first President of the N. Y. Philh. Soc. (1842), playing with the first violins.
11Hill, Junius Welch, b. Hingham, Mass., Nov. 18, 1840. Pupil, in Boston, of J. C. D. Parker. Entered Leipzig Cons. 1860 (Moscheles, Plaidy, Richter, Reinecke, Hauptmann), studying (also privately) until 1863. After occupying, since 1860, important positions as organist and director at Tremont Temple, Shawmut Ch., Tremont St. Methodist Ch., and Harvard Ch. (Brookline), in Boston, he was app. Prof. of Music at Wellesley College, where he raised the standard of music to a very high degree of excellence, giving (during 13 years) more than 200 concerts of real artistic merit (with fine soloists, quartets, and orchestras). H. resigned his position in 1897, and now devotes himself to teaching, with marked success. He has publ. numerous female choruses, and edited several valuable instructive coll.s f. pf.; among them being "Treasures of Lyric Art," "Arabesques," "Mosaïques," "Characteristic Piano-pieces," etc.
13Hill, Karl, baritone stage- and concert-singer; b. Idstein, Nassau, 1840; d. insane in an asylum at Sachsenberg, Mecklenburg, Jan. 21, 1893. A post-office official, he occasionally appeared as a concert-singer, but in 1868 went on the stage, was attached to the Schwerin court th., and also sang at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, and the Gürzenich Concerts, Cologne. Held in high esteem by Wagner, he sang the rôle of Alberich at Bayreuth in 1876.
15Hill, Wilhelm, pianist; b. Fulda, Mar. 28, 1838. Pupil of H. Henkel and Hauff. In 1854 he settled in Frankfort, where his opera Alona was awarded the 2nd prize in the competition for the inauguration of the new opera-house. Has publ. vln.-sonatas, op. 20 and 28; trios, op. 12 and 43; pf.-quartet, op. 44; songs, pf.-pcs., etc.
17Hil'le, Eduard, b. Wahlhausen, Hanover, May 16, 1822; d. Göttingen, Dec. 18, 1891. From 1840-2, student of philosophy at Göttingen; also learned music under Heinroth. For several years lived as mus.-teacher at Hanover, was cond. of a male choral society, and founded the "Neue Singakademie." Visited Berlin, Leipzig, Prague, Vienna, etc., for study, and founded the "Singakademie" at Göttingen, where, in 1855, he had been app. academical mus. dir. He revived the academical concerts.—Comp.s: Songs and part-songs.
19Hil'le, Gustav, excellent violinist, b. Jerichow-on-Elbe, n. Berlin, May 31, 1851. Studied 1864-8 at Kullak's Acad., Berlin, under R. Wüerst (theory); 1869-74 at the Hochschule f. M., under Joachim (vln.). Lived in Berlin, as a solo-player and comp., till 1879, when he was invited to join the Mendelssohn Quintet Club of Boston, Mass.; after 9 months' touring, he accepted an engagement at the Mus. Acad. in Phila., a position still (1898) held.—Works: 5 vln.-concertos w. orch.; 1 Doppelconcert f. 2 vlns.; 1 canonic vln.-suite; 2 suites f. solo vln.; 2 sonatas f. pf. and vln.; many pcs. f. solo pf.; songs, etc. Last opus-number (1898) is 63.
21Hil'lemacher, two brothers; Paul-Joseph-William (b. Paris, Nov. 25, 1852) and Lucien-Joseph-Édouard (b. Paris, June 10, 1860); both studied at the Cons., and took the 1st Grand prix de Rome, the elder in 1876, the younger in 1880. Well-known composers, they are remarkable for writing all their scores in collaboration.—Works: Symphonic legend Loreley (1882; won City of Paris prize); 4-act opera St. Mégrin (Brussels, 1886; succ.); 1-act com. op. Une aventure d'Arlequin (Brussels, 1888); orch. suite "La Cinquantaine"; 1-act com. op. Le Régiment qui passe (Royan, 1894); music to Harancourt's Héro et Léandre (1893); 3-act lyr. drama Le Drac (prod. Karlsruhe, 1896, as Der Fluthgeist).—Also songs, etc.
23Hil'ler (Hüller), Johann Adam, dram. comp.; b. Wendisch-Ossig, n. Görlitz, Dec. 25, 1728; d. Leipzig, June 16, 1804. His father, a schoolmaster, cantor, and parish-clerk, d. when the boy was 6 years of age. His fine soprano voice obtained him free instruction at the Görlitz Gymnasium, whence he proceeded to the Kreuzschule, Dresden, as a pupil of Homilius (pf. and thorough-bass), and later (1751) to the Univ. at Leipzig. While in Leipzig, he earned a meagre subsistence as flutist and singer in Doles' grand
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