Composer, Bandmaster, Trombonist, Music Educator and Publisher. Son of J.H. Fillmore Sr. (composer of hymns and gospel songs), and heir to the Fillmore Bros. Company, publisher of hymnals and music. Composed and arranged hundreds of works for band and orchestra. Many of his marches and rags, often using the "glissando" on the trombone to humorous effect, are still played by bands today across the nation.∼Bandmaster, composer, conductor, educator, publisher, arranger, editor, and president of the American Bandmasters Association.
Born James Henry Fillmore, Junior into a family of composers and publishers of sacred music, he was a cousin of President Millard Fillmore. In 1901, he graduated from the Miami Military Institute, married dancer Mabel Jones and joined the Lemon Brothers Circus band for a year with his chosen instrument, the trombone.
Rejoining the family publishing business in Cincinnati, he encouraged his family to include more band music within the company catalogue, and eventually the publication of band arrangements became the predominating product there, with a number of Henry's arrangements offered.
In Cincinnati, Henry became an active Shriner and took over the Syrian Temple Shrine Band. Local industrialist and fellow friend and Shriner Powel Crosley, Jr. offered air time over his WLW AM 700 and the chance to organize a professional band. Henry's dog "Mike, the radio hound" would participate by barking on command in those broadcasts. To honor his friend Powel Crosley, Henry composed "The Crosley March", which premiered on the NBC Blue Network in 1927.
Henry Fillmore composed many marches and band compositions under his own name and the pseudonyms "Henrietta Moore", "Will Huff", "Harry Hartley", "Harold Bennett", "Al Hayes", "Ray Hall", and "Gus Beans".
In the mid-1930s, Henry developed a cardiac condition and moved to Florida for his health's sake. There, he heavily promoted the cause of band music in schools and institutions, and is credited for the organization of thirty-six new high school bands.
At the University of Miami, Henry was appointed Permanent Guest Conductor, for which he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree. During those years he attended many functions of the Florida Bandmasters Association.
At his passing from heart disease, he bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the University of Miami Band, and today the Henry Fillmore Band Hall and Fillmore Museum honors his memory.
His remains were cremated as were those of his wife Mabel.
Born James Henry Fillmore, Junior into a family of composers and publishers of sacred music, he was a cousin of President Millard Fillmore. In 1901, he graduated from the Miami Military Institute, married dancer Mabel Jones and joined the Lemon Brothers Circus band for a year with his chosen instrument, the trombone.
Rejoining the family publishing business in Cincinnati, he encouraged his family to include more band music within the company catalogue, and eventually the publication of band arrangements became the predominating product there, with a number of Henry's arrangements offered.
In Cincinnati, Henry became an active Shriner and took over the Syrian Temple Shrine Band. Local industrialist and fellow friend and Shriner Powel Crosley, Jr. offered air time over his WLW AM 700 and the chance to organize a professional band. Henry's dog "Mike, the radio hound" would participate by barking on command in those broadcasts. To honor his friend Powel Crosley, Henry composed "The Crosley March", which premiered on the NBC Blue Network in 1927.
Henry Fillmore composed many marches and band compositions under his own name and the pseudonyms "Henrietta Moore", "Will Huff", "Harry Hartley", "Harold Bennett", "Al Hayes", "Ray Hall", and "Gus Beans".
In the mid-1930s, Henry developed a cardiac condition and moved to Florida for his health's sake. There, he heavily promoted the cause of band music in schools and institutions, and is credited for the organization of thirty-six new high school bands.
At the University of Miami, Henry was appointed Permanent Guest Conductor, for which he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree. During those years he attended many functions of the Florida Bandmasters Association.
At his passing from heart disease, he bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the University of Miami Band, and today the Henry Fillmore Band Hall and Fillmore Museum honors his memory.
His remains were cremated as were those of his wife Mabel.
Composer, Bandmaster, Trombonist, Music Educator and Publisher. Son of J.H. Fillmore Sr. (composer of hymns and gospel songs), and heir to the Fillmore Bros. Company, publisher of hymnals and music. Composed and arranged hundreds of works for band and orchestra. Many of his marches and rags, often using the "glissando" on the trombone to humorous effect, are still played by bands today across the nation.∼Bandmaster, composer, conductor, educator, publisher, arranger, editor, and president of the American Bandmasters Association.
Born James Henry Fillmore, Junior into a family of composers and publishers of sacred music, he was a cousin of President Millard Fillmore. In 1901, he graduated from the Miami Military Institute, married dancer Mabel Jones and joined the Lemon Brothers Circus band for a year with his chosen instrument, the trombone.
Rejoining the family publishing business in Cincinnati, he encouraged his family to include more band music within the company catalogue, and eventually the publication of band arrangements became the predominating product there, with a number of Henry's arrangements offered.
In Cincinnati, Henry became an active Shriner and took over the Syrian Temple Shrine Band. Local industrialist and fellow friend and Shriner Powel Crosley, Jr. offered air time over his WLW AM 700 and the chance to organize a professional band. Henry's dog "Mike, the radio hound" would participate by barking on command in those broadcasts. To honor his friend Powel Crosley, Henry composed "The Crosley March", which premiered on the NBC Blue Network in 1927.
Henry Fillmore composed many marches and band compositions under his own name and the pseudonyms "Henrietta Moore", "Will Huff", "Harry Hartley", "Harold Bennett", "Al Hayes", "Ray Hall", and "Gus Beans".
In the mid-1930s, Henry developed a cardiac condition and moved to Florida for his health's sake. There, he heavily promoted the cause of band music in schools and institutions, and is credited for the organization of thirty-six new high school bands.
At the University of Miami, Henry was appointed Permanent Guest Conductor, for which he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree. During those years he attended many functions of the Florida Bandmasters Association.
At his passing from heart disease, he bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the University of Miami Band, and today the Henry Fillmore Band Hall and Fillmore Museum honors his memory.
His remains were cremated as were those of his wife Mabel.
Born James Henry Fillmore, Junior into a family of composers and publishers of sacred music, he was a cousin of President Millard Fillmore. In 1901, he graduated from the Miami Military Institute, married dancer Mabel Jones and joined the Lemon Brothers Circus band for a year with his chosen instrument, the trombone.
Rejoining the family publishing business in Cincinnati, he encouraged his family to include more band music within the company catalogue, and eventually the publication of band arrangements became the predominating product there, with a number of Henry's arrangements offered.
In Cincinnati, Henry became an active Shriner and took over the Syrian Temple Shrine Band. Local industrialist and fellow friend and Shriner Powel Crosley, Jr. offered air time over his WLW AM 700 and the chance to organize a professional band. Henry's dog "Mike, the radio hound" would participate by barking on command in those broadcasts. To honor his friend Powel Crosley, Henry composed "The Crosley March", which premiered on the NBC Blue Network in 1927.
Henry Fillmore composed many marches and band compositions under his own name and the pseudonyms "Henrietta Moore", "Will Huff", "Harry Hartley", "Harold Bennett", "Al Hayes", "Ray Hall", and "Gus Beans".
In the mid-1930s, Henry developed a cardiac condition and moved to Florida for his health's sake. There, he heavily promoted the cause of band music in schools and institutions, and is credited for the organization of thirty-six new high school bands.
At the University of Miami, Henry was appointed Permanent Guest Conductor, for which he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree. During those years he attended many functions of the Florida Bandmasters Association.
At his passing from heart disease, he bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the University of Miami Band, and today the Henry Fillmore Band Hall and Fillmore Museum honors his memory.
His remains were cremated as were those of his wife Mabel.
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