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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1—Vocal works: Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration, cantata for women's vcs. and orch. (1908); Autumn Twilight, for sop. and orch. (op. 21); The Wilderness Shall Rejoice, anthem for mixed chor. (1915); An Ode for chor. and orch. (poem by R. Hillyer; for the 50th anniversary of the Boston S. O., 1930); songs (op. 5-7, 13). He has also written Jack Frost in Midsummer, pantomime with orch. (1908); Pan and the Star, do. (Peterboro, 1914); Three Poetical Sketches for pf. (op. 8); Country Idyls, 6 pieces for pf. (op. 10).—Book: Modern French Music (1924).
3Hill, Junius Welch, b. Hingham, Mass., Nov. 18, 1840; d. Hollywood, Sept. 7, 1916. St. in Boston with J. C. D. Parker. Entered Leipzig Cons. 1860 (Moscheles, Plaidy, Richter, Reinecke, Hauptmann), studying (also privately) until 1863. After occupying important positions, from 1860, as organist and director at Tremont Temple, Shawmut Ch., [address hidden]. 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 (with fine soloists, quartets and orchestras). H. resigned his position in 1897, and devoted himself to teaching in Boston; then retired and lived in Los Angeles. He publ. numerous women's choruses, and edited colls. for pf.; among them being 'Treasures of Lyric Art,' 'Arabesques,' 'Mosaïques,' 'Characteristic Piano-pieces,' etc.
5Hill, Mabel Wood-. See WOOD-HILL.
7Hill, Ureli Corelli, violinist and conductor; b. New York, 1802; d. Paterson, N. J., Sept. 2, 1875. St. vln. as a boy and subsequently played with various orchs. in N. Y.; 1828 1st vln. in, 1831 cond. of, N. Y. Sacred Mus. Soc.; gave, with that group, the 1st complete perf. of Handel's The Messiah in N. Y. (1831); 1836, pupil of L. Spohr in Cassel, Germany; then returned to N. Y., residing there as a well known vln.-teacher. He was one of the founders of the N. Y. Philh. Soc. (initial concert Dec. 7, 1842) and was its 1st pres. (until 1848); also played with the 1st vlns. and served as one of the orchestra's conductors until 1847 (cond. 8 of its concerts), later becoming vice-pres. and a member of the Bd. of Dirs.; 1843, organized a str.-quartet which probably was the 1st such group to give public concerts in N. Y. After exhibiting a piano of his own invention which he claimed always remained in tune because small bell tuning-forks were used in place of strings, and meeting with failure, he moved to Cincinnati ca. 1847; went to Paterson, N. J., 3 or 4 years later; then taught at the Newark Cons. of Music for a time, also continuing as a vlnst. in the Philh. Soc. orch.; resigned the latter position in 1873. He died in poverty.
9Hill, W. E. & Sons, a celebrated firm of vln.-and bow-makers and dealers in London. It is claimed that 'Mr. Hill, the instr.-maker,' referred to in Pepys' Diary (1660) was an ancestor of the present owners. Joseph H. (1715-84) established himself circa 1750 as an instr.-maker in London; on his death his five sons, who also were good violinists, succeeded to the business; the oldest, William Ebsworth (b. London, 1817; d. Hanley, Apr. 2, 1895) adopted the present name of the firm; his instrs. took first prizes at the expositions in London (1851) and Paris (1867). The present proprietors are Albert Edgar Phillips and Paul Ebsworth Hill, both practical violinists and investigators of the history of their instrument. The sons of Wm. Ebsworth H. (Walter Edgar, Wm. Henry, Arthur Frederick [d. London, Feb. 8, 1939] and Alfred Ebsworth [d. London, Apr. 21, 1940]), collaborated in the writing of Antonio Stradivari. His Life and Work (1909), which has since been regarded as a standard work. From material also gathered by them, Lady M. L. Huggins previously wrote Giov. Paolo Maggini. His Life and Work (1892). Wm. Henry, Arthur F. and Alfred Ebsworth Hill are the joint authors of The Violin-makers of the Guarneri Family (with introd. note by Edward J. Dent; London, 1931).—The Ashmolean Museum at Oxford contains a valuable coll. of stringed instrs., including a 1716 Stradivari vln. with a bow dated 1694, presented by Arthur F. Hill.
11Hil'le, Gustav, violinist and composer; b. Jerichow-on-Elbe, near Berlin, May 31, 1851; d. (?). Studied 1864-8 at Kullak's Acad., Berlin, under R. Wüerst (theory); 1869-74 at the Hochschule für Musik under Joachim (vln.). Lived in Berlin, as a solo player and comp., till 1879, when he was invited to join the Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston, Mass.; after 9 months' touring, accepted an engagement at the Mus. Acad. in Phila.; co-founder of the Leefson-Hille Cons. there, of which he was dir. until 1910, when he returned to Germany.—Works: 5 violin-concertos with orch.; 1 double concerto for 2 vlns.; 1 canonic vln.-suite; 2 suites for solo vln.; 2 sonatas for piano and vln.; many pieces for solo piano; songs, etc.
13Hil'lemacher, two brothers; Paul (b. Paris, Nov. 29, 1852; d. Versailles, Aug. 13, 1933) and Lucien (b. Paris, June 10, 1860; d. there, June 2, 1909). Both studied at the Cons. and took 1st Grand Prix de Rome, the elder in 1876 with the cantata Judith, the younger in 1880 with the cantata Fingal. Well known composers, they are remarkable
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