Background
Hewitt, Harvey was born on April 27, 1885 in South Royalton, Vermont, United States. Son of John Harvey and Jane (Smith) Hewitt.
Hewitt, Harvey was born on April 27, 1885 in South Royalton, Vermont, United States. Son of John Harvey and Jane (Smith) Hewitt.
Student Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont, 1905, New England Conservatory of Music, 1910. Studied with Carl Baermann, Boston, 1911, George Boyle, Peabody Institute, Baltimore, 1914, Carlo Buonamici, Boston, 1915, Alfred DeVoto, Boston, 1917, Ernest Hutcheson, New York City, 1920, Isadore Philipp, Paris, 1921. Student Conservatoire Americaine, Fontainbleau, France, 1923, Cornell Univercity, 1930, Columbia, 1936.
Instructor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1910-1929, associate professor, 1929-1932, professor, 1932-1952, emeritus professor since 1952, head department of music, 1921, 1932-1936.
Member Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha.
Married Edith Weekes Say, June 29, 1929.