Music History Monday: The Fabulous Hill Sisters!

We mark the birth on June 27, 1859 – 163 years ago today – of the American songwriter, composer, organist, pianist, and musicologist Mildred Jane Hill, in Louisville, Kentucky. She died on June 5, 1916, in Chicago, three weeks shy of her 57th birthday. Mildred Hill was the eldest of three sisters: after her came Patty (1868-1946) and then Jessica. Mildred Hill was a professional musician of real accomplishment. Along with teaching and performing, she was a songwriter and composer of some reputation. She was also a serious student and scholar of Negro Spirituals. Under the pen name of “Johann Tonsor”, she wrote extensively on the subject of Black American music. In 1892, she wrote an article called “Negro Music” that, as it turned out, had no small impact on the history of Western music!… See the full transcript, and listen to the podcast without audio breaks, only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68313351 See the latest Great Courses On Sale Now: https://robertgreenbergmusic.com/sale