Patty hill cause of death
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Celebrating Our History | Meet The Hill Sisters
- Mildred and Patty Hill grew up in the Anchorage area, where their father directed Bellewood School
- Happy Birthday Park supporters will tell about the Hill sisters Saturdays in March at Comfy Cows
- Supporters initially hope to raise $1.1 million for the park on South Fourth Sreet near Chestnut St.
If you've sung "Happy Birthday" or had it sung to you, you've participated in a tribute to the Hill Sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill from Louisville.
Mildred Jane Hill (1859-1916) and Patty Smith Hill (1868-1946) were known primarily for the 1893 publication of their song "Good Morning to All," which became the inspiration for "Happy Birthday to You" — called the the most recognized song across the world.
They also were leaders in the national kindergarten movement, according to the board of directors of the non-profit Happy Birthday Park being developed in Louisville.
The park, which will be on Fourth Street next to the recently-opened Hilton Garden Inn at Chestnut Street, is intended to be a major tribute to the sisters.
The board
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Mildred J. Hill
Composer of the melody of "Happy Birthday to You"
Mildred Jane Hill (June 27, 1859 – June 5, 1916) was an American songwriter and musicologist, who composed the melody for "Good Morning to All", later used as the melody for "Happy Birthday to You".[1]
Biography
Mildred Jane 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.
It has been reported that Mildred Hill was a kindergarten and Sunday-schoolteacher, like her younger sister Patty.[citation needed] Prof. Robert Brauneis, after extensively researching the Hill family, has concluded that she was not a kindergarten teacher.[2] She moved into music, teaching, composing, performing, and specializing in the study of Negro spirituals. Hill and her sister were honored at the Chicago World's Fair (1893) for their work in the progressive education program at the experimental kindergarten, the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School.
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Patty Hill
American educator and songwriter
For other people named Patty Smith, see Patricia Smith (disambiguation).
Patty Smith Hill (March 27, 1868 – May 25, 1946)[1] was an American composer and teacher who is perhaps best known for co-writing, with her sister Mildred Hill, the tune which later became popular as "Happy Birthday to You". She was an American nursery school, kindergartenteacher, and key founder of the National Association for Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as the National Association For the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Family and early life
Patty Smith Hill was born in 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky, just outside Louisville. Her parents were passionate people who instilled in Patty and her siblings the importance of education, the value of play, and the necessity of advocating for others. Her father, William Wallace Hill, was born in Bath, Kentucky, graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1833, and earned a doctorate of Theology from Princeton University in 1838. He dedicated his entire life to ministry a
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