Burrill Phillips
Burrill Phillips (November 9, 1907 – June 22, 1988) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist.
Biography
Phillips was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He studied at the Denver College of Music with Edwin Stringham and at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. On September 17, 1928, he married Alberta Phillips (who wrote many of his librettos; died 1979). The couple had a daughter, Ann (b. 1931; actress Ann E. Todd, later Ann Basart) and a son, Stephen (1937–1986), who predeceased his father. Due to privations caused by the Great Depression, the children, Ann and Stephen, were raised by their maternal grandparents.
Phillips's first important work was Selections from McGuffey's Reader, for orchestra, based on poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (Basart 2001). He wrote of this work in his 1933 diary, "I don't think anybody had written such 'American-sounding' music before. On the first night, the students said it was corny. And it was. But I didn't care, because it was a huge success."
Burrill
Coordinates: 54°16′47″N 1°37′58″W / 54.279800°N 1.632700°W / 54.279800; -1.632700
Burrill is a small village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Burrill with Cowling and 1 mile west of Bedale.
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Burrill (disambiguation)
Burrill is a small village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Burrill may also refer to:
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ALBUMS
Hanson Conducts Moore, Carpenter, Rogers & Phillips (Eastman-Rochester Orchestra)
Released 1992- Pageant of P.T. Barnum: I. Boyhood at Bethel
- Pageant of P.T. Barnum: II. Joice Heth - 161 Year Old Negress
- Pageant of P.T. Barnum: III. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb
- Pageant of P.T. Barnum: IV. Jenny Lind
- Pageant of P.T. Barnum: V. Circus Parade
- Adventures in a Perambulator: I. En Voiture!
- Adventures in a Perambulator: II. The Policeman
- Adventures in a Perambulator: III. The Hurdy-Gurdy
- Adventures in a Perambulator: IV. The Lake
- Adventures in a Perambulator: V. Dogs
- Adventures in a Perambulator: VI. Dreams
- Once Upon a Time: Five Fairy Tales: I. The Tinder-Box Soldier
- Once Upon a Time: Five Fairy Tales: II. The Song of Rapunzel
- Once Upon a Time: Five Fairy Tales: III. The Story of a Darning Needle
- Once Upon a Time: Five Fairy Tales: IV. Dance of the Twelve Princesses
- Once Upon a Time: Five Fairy Tales: V. The Ride of Koschei the Deathless
- Selections From McGuffey's Reader: I. The One-Horse Shay
- Selections From McGuffey's Reader: II. John Alden and Priscilla
- Selections From McGuffey's Reader: III. Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Born: 1907-11-09
Died: 1988-06-22
