Composers

Frederick Hall

1898 - 1982

About

Frederick Hall received a B.A. from Morehouse College, a Teachers Diploma and M.M. from Chicago Musical College, an M.A. and Ed. D. from Columbia University. He did additional study at Julliard School of Music, Royal College of Music (London), English School of Church Music, and several others. He was presented with an honorary Doctorate from Rust College in Mississippi. Hall was the chairman of the music departments at Jackson College (MS), Dillard University (LA), Alabama State Teachers College, and Clark College (Atlanta). His compositions include an oratorio, Deliverance (1938), a song-cycle, Afro-American Religious Work Songs (1952), and some 20 art songs. He also prepared choral arrangements of spirituals (6 vols., 1929-55).

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Works by Frederick Hall

Title Collection Voice Type Range Poet Language
Dawn Four Songs, Op. 4 Voice D4 - G5 | Bb3 - Eb5 Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Day is Done A Cycle of Afro-American Religious Songs ca. 1948 Voice F4 - F5 Biblical
Good Night, Op. 4, No. 4 Four Songs, Op. 4 Voice C4 - G5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
How Long Befo' De Sun Go Down A Cycle of Afro-American Religious Songs ca. 1948 Voice D4 - E5 Biblical
Lord, How Come Me Here A Cycle of Afro-American Religious Songs ca. 1948 Voice E4 - G5 Biblical
Mandy Lou Four Songs, Op. 4 Voice C4 - G5 Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Po' Me A Cycle of Afro-American Religious Songs ca. 1948 Voice Ab4 - Ab5 Biblical