Happy Birthday to You (Hill, Mildred)

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For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Rondeau)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau, 2019.
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Scores

Original version: "Good Morning to All" (1893)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Song Stories for the Kindergarten
Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1893.
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Editor Rudy Matela
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Revised version: "Happy Birthday to You" (1922 or before)

Editor 5th edition
Publisher. Info. The Everyday Song Book, No.16
Chicago: The Cable Company, 1922.
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Misc. Notes "Special permission through courtesy of the Clayton F. Summy Co."
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Editor Supertchan
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Editor Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info. Winterthur: Orfeo Mandozzi, 2014
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Hannington)
Arranger Luke Hannington
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For Orchestra (Albanese)
Arranger Luca Albanese (b. 1993)
Publisher. Info. Luca Albanese, 2020.
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Misc. Notes Transcription by ear as an orchestration exercise. Dedicated to Daphne's 25th Birthday.
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For Strings (Hannington)
Arranger Luke Hannington
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For Mixed Chorus (Dybicz)
Arranger Jan Sára Dybicz (b. 1998)
Publisher. Info. Jan Sára Dybicz, 2018.
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For Mixed Chorus (Sothilander)
Arranger Georg L. Sothilander
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For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Hannington)
Arranger Luke Hannington
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Hannington)
Arranger Luke Hannington
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For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau, 2019.
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Misc. Notes To Edith Frances Merkel - October 18th, 1922.
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For Voices and Piano (Orem)
Arranger Preston Ware Orem (1865–1938)
Publisher. Info. Evanston: Summy-Birchard Co., 1935. Plate Sumco 3075.
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For 2 Pianos (Kuliev)
Arranger Ramin Kuliev (b. 1990)
Publisher. Info. Ramin Kuliev, 2017.
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For Piano (Gouin)
Arranger Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2015
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For Guitar (Ludenhoff)
Arranger Martin Ludenhoff (b. 1970)
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For Piano or Harp (Giau)
Arranger Marco Giau (b. 1955)
Publisher. Info. Marco Giau, 2021.
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For 4 Recorders (Tennent)
Arranger R.D. Tennent
Publisher. Info. R.D. Tennent
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.
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General Information

Work Title Happy Birthday to You
Alternative. Title Good Morning to All (original title)
Composer Hill, Mildred
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMH 4
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 song
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1893
First Publication. 1893 in Song Stories for the Kindergarten (No.1), as "Good Morning to All"
Librettist Patty Smith Hill (1868-1946)*
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice (or voices), piano
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information *Patty Smith Hill's authorship of the "Happy Birthday" text is doubtful. [more...]
In the collection referenced above, Mildred is credited as the composer and arranger, while Patty is credited as author and adapter of the text. The familiar "Happy Birthday" text is not present in the original publication. It was published in a 1911 volume of song texts with no credit to Patty Hill and in later collections issued prior to the notorious 1935 registration of a piano arrangement by Preston Ware Orem. Likewise, Summy-Birchard and Warner-Chappell have made numerous claims that Patty Hill is the co-composer of the familiar melody (on the basis of a deposition given by Patty Hill four decades after the fact), but again this is not borne out in the credits found in the original volume. If Patty Hill had no hand in the music, the tune is public domain worldwide.

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  • The score has one vocal line but no indication of how many voices were intended. However, since its original use was for kindergarten, this has been tagged for either a single voice, or multiple voices.