Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James Hill (c.1811–1853) was a British fiddler-composer and publican who lived in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead for most or all of his short life. He is famous as the composer of many fine common-time hornpipes for fiddle, including The High Level Bridge, The Beeswing, The Hawk and The Omnibus. He was sufficiently well known that many other tunes by others, such as Blaydon Flats, were also mistakenly attributed to him. He was of much more than local importance.. }
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- James_Hill_(folk_musician) comment "James Hill (c.1811–1853) was a British fiddler-composer and publican who lived in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead for most or all of his short life. He is famous as the composer of many fine common-time hornpipes for fiddle, including The High Level Bridge, The Beeswing, The Hawk and The Omnibus. He was sufficiently well known that many other tunes by others, such as Blaydon Flats, were also mistakenly attributed to him. He was of much more than local importance.".