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Alfred Hill

c. 1911-1913
May and Mina Moore photographic studio (photographic studio), Annie May Moore and Minnie Louise Moore

photograph on paper on card mounted on canvas (image: 19.8 cm x 13.3 cm, backing sheet: 20 cm x 14.7 cm, backing sheet: 32 cm x 20.9 cm)

Alfred Hill CMG OBE (1869-1960) was a composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Melbourne, he spent his youth in New Zealand, and studied in Leipzig where he performed under conductors including Brahms, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Bruch. He began conducting and teaching in Sydney in 1897, and became first Professor of Theory and Composition at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music in 1916. His oeuvre comprises more than 500 works and he has been judged 'the most substantial and comprehensively cultivated of Australia's composers'.

Gift of Catherine Dwyer 2021

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Artist and subject

May and Mina Moore photographic studio

Annie May Moore (age 30 in 1911)

Minnie Louise Moore (age 29 in 1911)

Alfred Hill CMG OBE (age 42 in 1911)

Subject professions

Performing arts

Donated by

Catherine Dwyer (1 portrait)

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