Hill, Alfred, 1869-1960

LC control no.	n 84001950
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hill, Alfred, 1869-1960 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	Q1970611 0000000117949624 69735216
Associated country	Australia
Birth date	1869-12-16
Death date	1960-10-30
Place of birth	Richmond (Vic.)
Place of death	Sydney (N.S.W.)
Profession or occupation	Composers Conductors (Music)
Found in	His Concerto for violin and orchestra [SR] 1970?: label (Alfred Hill) container (b. 1870, Melbourne; d. 1960) Email from AuCNL, May 18, 2007 (Information from Prof. Donald Maurice, New Zealand School of Music: "Alfred Hill has long been noted as born on December 16, 1870 ... as this is the date shown on his birth certificate. However after a detailed examination of the birth certificate and of Hill's diary entries between 1887 and 1891, it is clear that the date on the certificate is wrong. He was actually born on December 16, 1869 in Bridge Road, Richmond, Melbourne, but his birth was not registered until March 12, 1870. That date is recorded on the certificate by Charles and Eliza Hill, and witnessed by Dr Gregory, Nurse Ritchie and the registrar of births, Mr William H Lagoe. It is entered as record no. 676, between 675 James Thompson born March 1, 1870 (registered on March 10, 1870) and 677 Elizabeth Compton born February 14, 1870 (registered on March 12, 1870). The delay in registering the birth until after three months led to someone inadvertently writing 1870 instead of 1869. This mistake is further confirmed by the stated age of Charles on the certificate as 37 - he was born in 1832. Alfred himself confirms he was born in 1869 in at least two places in his Leipzig diary where he notes his age on his birthday. The final pieces of evidence are his entry documents to the Leipzig Conservatorium where his birthdate is consistently recorded as December 16, 1869") Grove music online, Jan. 28, 2016 (b. Melbourne, 16 Dec 1869; d. Sydney, 30 Oct 1960; Australian composer and conductor)