Description: 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.
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University Archives
Fine and Applied Arts
Music
William Griffith Hill Papers, 1925-53
Scrapbook, Correspondence, Lectures, American Musicological Society
1905-53
SERIES, 12/5/27
Box No. 1
University Archives
Fine and Applied Arts
Music
William Griffith Hill Papers, 1925-53
Music Library Association, Concert Programs, Curriculum Development
1914-53
SERIES, 12/5/27
Box No. 2
PDES Terms:
American Musicological Society ✓
Music 599200
Music, School of 600500
Music Library Association ✓
Musicology ✓
Piano 681600
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
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