Composer · 1869 - 1960
Alfred Hill
Biography
Alfred Hill
(b Melbourne, 16 Dec 1870; d Sydney, 30 Oct 1960). Australian composer and conductor. A leading figure in the first generation of Australian and New Zealand composers, he enjoyed considerable recognition.
His father Charles, a hat maker and talented violinist born in Bristol in 1832, married Eliza Ann Hulbert in 1852. They emigrated to Australia in the year of their marriage and eventually settled in Wellington, where their home became a centre of intense musical activity. Alfred made rapid progress on the cornet, later turning to the violin and the viola, which became his principal instruments.