Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts School of Music William G. Hill Papers Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts School of Music William G. Hill Papers Finding Aid Title: William G. Hill Papers, 1905-1953
ID: 12/5/27
Primary Creator: Hill, William Griffith (1891-1953)
Extent: 1.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: chronological by material and alphabetical thereunder
Subjects: Faculty Papers, Music, Music, School of, Piano
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of William Griffith Hill (1891-1953), Professor of Music (1932-53) including correspondence relating to Music Library Association (MLA) (1940-42, 1946-50) and American Musicological Society (1931, 1937-38, 1944, 1947-51); manuscript choral and piano music, concert programs (1914, 1945-53), lecture notes (ca. 1935-52), book reviews (cs. 1940), journal articles (1939, 1949, 1952), and clippings; establishment of the Musicology Department, Ph.D. in musicology, MLA Regional Music Project, and American Music Center.
William Griffith Hill, October 12, 1891 - May 16, 1953 M.A., UI 1913 Drake, grad Fine Arts 1914 Columbia School of Music, B. Mus. 1915, taught there 1915-27, except for 1917-19 when he served in WWI. 1918, Schola Cantorum, Paris Major subjects studied as undergrad: chemistry, English, music Pi Kappa Lambda, Carthage College, 1912-13 American Musicological Society, President, Midwest Chapter, 1947-49 Music Library Association, Midwest chapter, Chair, 1948-50 taught piano, counterpoint, composition, and lectured on musicology at UIUC appointed to UIUC faculty February 1, 1932 studied with Vincent D'Indy at the Schola Cantorum in Paris in 1918
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1205027.pdf
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