Uri Keeler Hill

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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]

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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)

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References

↑ Sherman, Robert (30 September 1990), "Connecticut River Valley Provides Concert's Theme", The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331 , retrieved 2008-08-21
↑ New York Evening Post, pp. 2–3, 2 July 1814Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ A Chronicle of American Music 1700-1995, Charles J. Hall, Schirmer Reference (September 1996)

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[1] Sherman, Robert (30 September 1990), "Connecticut River Valley Provides Concert's Theme", The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331 , retrieved 2008-08-21

[2] New York Evening Post, pp. 2–3, 2 July 1814Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] A Chronicle of American Music 1700-1995, Charles J. Hall, Schirmer Reference (September 1996)