Uri Keeler Hill
American classical composer
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Uri Keeler Hill (10 December 1780 – 9 November 1844) was a Vermont composer.[1] In 1805, Uri Hill became the organist for the Brattle Street Church in Boston. He moved to New York to continue his music career in 1810 and premiered an "Ode" in 1814.[2] In 1836, Uri Keller traveled to Europe to study with Ludwig Spohr.[3]
Hill's son, Ureli Corelli Hill, was the founding director of the New York Philharmonic.
Publications
- The Vermont Harmony (1801)
- A Number of Original Airs, Duetto’s and Trio’s (1803)
- The Sacred Minstrel (1806)
- The Handelian Repository (1814)
- Solfegio Americano (1820)
