Music papers, 1914-1948
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Viola Hill's music files relate to her career as a soprano. They comprise sheet music and scores, some composed by African Americans (R. Nathaniel Dett; S. Coleridge-Taylor; others); music school materials; programs and publicity for her many concerts and other engagements, including critical reviews, from an early performance in 1914 at age 15 to one of her last known in 1940; and a folder containing many programs for performances by other musicians, chiefly in Philadelphia. There are also a few items related to teaching piano and music.
Hill inscribes her name on certain items in several forms: Viola Hill, Viola R. H. Hill, Viola Ruth Harrison Hill; and, after 1935, Viola Hill Green.
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