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| I Guess You Never Knew Who Composed The Famous Happy Birthday Song(pix) by phensbassey: 11:25am On Feb 18, 2016 |
[color=#000099] [color=#000099] The song, Happy Birthday to You , is sung thousands of times every day and millions of times each year. It is that simple ditty of four lines wishing someone a “Happy Birthday” with one of those lines containing the birthday person’s name. The composer of that tune was Mildred J. Hill (1859-1916) whose birthday is June 27. Her younger sister, Patty S. Hill (1868-1946), wrote the words. This song, though simple in structure, has a complex history. Mildred and Patty were born in Kentucky in the Louisville area. They and their four other siblings had parents who instilled in them the value of education and music. Mildred was a composer, music teacher, and musicologist who had specialized in the study of Negro spirituals. Patty was a kindergarten teacher and principal of the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School. She was a leading authority on early-childhood education that emphasized the concepts of the German educator who created kindergarten, /color] 1 Like
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| Re: I Guess You Never Knew Who Composed The Famous Happy Birthday Song(pix) by Sphilip1(m): 11:34am On Feb 18, 2016 |
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