Hall Johnson
Eugene Thamon Simpson
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Description for Hall Johnson
Hardback. This definitive biography of the choral conductor and arranger Hall Johnson includes detailed information on his life and work in concert, on Broadway, and in the cinema, and examines Johnson's literary works, his poetry, and his music. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations, recorded music items. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 762.
During his lifetime (1888-1970), Hall Johnson's concert arrangements of spirituals have been performed and recorded by stellar singers, such as Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and Denyce Graves, and were sung by school and concert choirs all over the world. The Hall Johnson Negro Choir was acclaimed in concert halls throughout America and Europe, on Broadway, on radio, and in Hollywood and can be seen and heard in movie classics like Lost Horizon, Jezebel, Dumbo, and Song of the South. Yet the story of Johnson's life and accomplishments as conductor, composer, arranger, violist, author, and teacher has ... Read more
During his lifetime (1888-1970), Hall Johnson's concert arrangements of spirituals have been performed and recorded by stellar singers, such as Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and Denyce Graves, and were sung by school and concert choirs all over the world. The Hall Johnson Negro Choir was acclaimed in concert halls throughout America and Europe, on Broadway, on radio, and in Hollywood and can be seen and heard in movie classics like Lost Horizon, Jezebel, Dumbo, and Song of the South. Yet the story of Johnson's life and accomplishments as conductor, composer, arranger, violist, author, and teacher has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810860384
SKU
V9780810860384
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Eugene Thamon Simpson
Eugene Thamon Simpson is the Founding Curator of The Hall Johnson Collection and is professor emeritus of Voice and Choral Literature at Rowan University of New Jersey.
Reviews for Hall Johnson
A superb volume chronicling the life, music, choirs, essays, letters, and poetry of Johnson.... Simpson's interspersing serves to heighten interest in the man, his choir, and his music.... The work is highly recommended not only for its personal and historical accounts but also for its scholarship.
Choral Journal, February 2009
Choral Journal, February 2009