William Clifford Heilman (September 27, 1877 – December 20, 1946) was an American composer. Born in

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It recorded a population of 27,754 at the 2020 Census. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a popula ...

, where he also later died, he composed a number of

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l works as well as a good deal of

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

; he also produced

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s. Heilman was a graduate of

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,A.B. Music, graduated 1900. ("c 96-00".) ''Harvard Alumni Directory'', 1919, page 324. The directory gives his address as 23 Hawthorn Street, Cambridge. where he later taught for some time.

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* 1877 births 1946 deaths 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century classical composers American classical composers American male classical composers Classical musicians from Pennsylvania Harvard University alumni Harvard University faculty People from Williamsport, Pennsylvania {{US-composer-19thC-stub