Mildred J. Hill (June 27, 1859 - June 5, 1916) was an American songwriter, who composed the melody for "Good Morning to All", later used as the melody for "Happy Birthday to You". Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year " Happy Birthday to You " also known more simply as " Happy Birthday " is a traditional song that is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's
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Biography
Mildred J. Hill, born in Louisville, Kentucky, was the oldest of three sisters, Mildred, Patty, and Jessica. She learned music from her father, Calvin Cody, and Adolph Weidig. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time.
Mildred Hill was a kindergarten and Sunday-school teacher, like her younger sister Patty. ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling " Sunday school " is the generic name for many different types of Religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Patty Smith Hill ( 27 March, 1868 — 25 May, 1946) was an American Nursery school, Kindergarten Teacher She moved into music, teaching, composing, performing, and specializing in the study of Negro spirituals. Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are songs which were created by African slaves in America. Hill and her sister were honored at the Chicago World's Fair for their work in the progressive education program at the experimental kindergarten, the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School. The World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair) a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary Educational progressivism is the belief that education must be based on the principle that humans are Social animals who learn best in real-life activities with other
Mildred J. Hill died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. She is buried with her sister in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and Arboretum located at 701 Baxter Avenue Louisville Kentucky.
Happy Birthday
While teaching at the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School, the Hill sisters wrote the song "Good Morning to All"; Mildred wrote the melody, and Patty the lyrics. " Happy Birthday to You " also known more simply as " Happy Birthday " is a traditional song that is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's Patty Smith Hill ( 27 March, 1868 — 25 May, 1946) was an American Nursery school, Kindergarten Teacher The song was first published in 1893 in Song Stories for the Kindergarten as a greeting song for teachers to sing to their students. [1]
"Happy Birthday to You" first appeared in print in 1912 using the melody of "Good Morning to All" with different lyrics. " Happy Birthday to You " also known more simply as " Happy Birthday " is a traditional song that is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's [2] It's popularity continued to grow through the 1930's, with no author identified for the new lyrics, nor credit given for the melody from "Good Morning to You". Based on 1935 copyright registrations by the Summy Company, and a series of court cases (which all settled out of court)[3], the sisters became known as the authors of "Happy Birthday to You". Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hill Foundation today shares royalties on public performances of the song.
Hill and her sister were posthumously inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame on June 12, 1996. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music.
References
- ^ Brauneis, Robert (2008-03-21), Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song, pp. 4-15, <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111624>. Retrieved on 8 May 2008
- ^ Brauneis, Robert (2008-03-21), Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song, p. 31, <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111624>. Retrieved on 8 May 2008
- ^ Brauneis, Robert (2008-03-21), Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song, p. 28, <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111624>, The Myth of a Court Ruling
See also
- Kenwood Hill — Louisville neighborhood Patty Hill lived in
- List of famous Louisvillians
External links
- The Happy Birthday Song and The Little Loomhouse
- Happy Birthday, We'll Sue at the Urban Legends Reference Pages
- Mildred J. Hill at the Internet Movie Database
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