Mirrie Hill

Jewish-Australian pianist and composer (1 December 1899, Sydney - 1 May 1986, St Leonards, New South Wales). She married the composer Alfred Hill (2) in 1921, becoming stepmother to the three children from his previous marriage. She created over five hundred pieces throughout her life, spanning chamber music and film scores to elementary works for children. Although she did create many longer pieces of music for orchestra and ensembles, Hill became known as a miniaturist because a great deal of her published works were short. She composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choral pieces, film scores, songs and solo instrumental works. She often incorporated Aboriginal themes and traditional Jewish melodies.