Hale Smith

Hale Smith ( born June 29, 1925 in Cleveland / Ohio; † 24 November 2009) was an American composer, arranger, pianist and music teacher.

Smith had from the age of seven piano lessons and grew up with classical music and jazz. In his high school years he played jazz with Ernie Freeman, Brenton Banks, Howard Roberts and Aaron Bell. After his military service, he studied from 1946 to 1952 at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Ward Lewis and Marcel Dick. In 1952 he won the Student Composer's Award from the Broadcast Music Inc.

In 1958 he went to New York, where he worked as editor and consultant for publishers EB Marks, C. F. Peters, Frank Music Corp.. and Sam Fox Music Publishers worked and collaborated with jazz musicians Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Dolphy, Randy Weston, Melba Liston, Ahmad Jamal and Oliver Nelson. Until 1970, he taught at C. W. Post College in Long Iceland, after he was Professor of Music at the University of Connecticut. As a teacher, musical companion and friend, he was a key artistic influence on musicians such as Ron Ancrum, Regina Baiocchi, Dizzy Gillespie, Chico Hamilton, Marilyn Harris, Isaac Hayes, Ahmad Jamal, Quincy Jones, Isaac Hayes, Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston, Oliver Nelson, Jessye Norman, Horace Silver, Randy Weston, Howard Swanson, and Eric Dolphy.

Works

  • Four Mosaics for piano, 1948
  • Three Songs for Alto, 1949
  • Beyond the Rim of Day for High Voice and Piano, 1950
  • Two Kids for mixed choir, 1950
  • Ferma, incidental music to the play by Federico Garcia Lorca, 1951
  • The Valley Wind for medium voice and piano, 1951-55
  • Orchestral Set, 1952
  • Lysistrata, incidental music to the play by Aristophanes, 1952
  • Duo for Violin & Piano, 1953
  • In Memoriam - Beryl Rubenstein for mixed choir, chamber orchestra and piano, 1953
  • Blood Wedding, incidental music to the play by Federico Garcia Lorca, 1953
  • Sonata for ' Cello & Piano, 1955
  • Epicedial Variations in 1956, 1956
  • Five Songs for Soprano and Violin, 1956
  • Two Love Songs of John Donne for soprano, string quartet and wind quintet, 1958
  • Three Brevities for Solo Flute, 1961
  • Contours for Orchestra, 1961
  • By Yearning and By Beautiful for string orchestra, 1964
  • Take A Chance: An aleatoric episode for Band, 1964
  • Trinal Dance, 1965
  • Evocation for piano, 1965
  • Faces of Jazz for Piano, 1965
  • Bold New Approach, Film Music, 1966
  • Expansion in 1967, 1967
  • Nuances of Hale Smith, Film Music, 1968
  • Exchanges for trumpet and Otchester, 1970
  • Anticipations, Introspections, and Reflections for Piano, 1971
  • Concert Music for Piano and Orchestra, 1972
  • Come Back, My Youth, 1972
  • Comes Tomorrow: Jazz Cantata for four soloists, mixed choir and jazz rhythm section, 1972
  • Introduction, Cadenza and Interludes for Eight Players, 1974
  • Ritual and Incantations for orchestra, 1974
  • I'm Coming Home for mixed choir and jazz rhythm section, 1974
  • For One Called Billy for piano, 1975
  • Variations for Six Players, 1975
  • Toussaint L' Ouverture 1803 for mixed choir, 1976
  • Innerflexions for orchestra, 1977
  • Solemn Music for Organ, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, 1979
  • Symphonic spirituals for solo voice and orchestra, 1980
  • In meditation passage for soprano, baritone and orchestra or piano, 1980-81
  • Joplin 's Dirty Rags for Two Pianos and Ragtime Band, 1983
  • Variations a Due, 1984
  • Three Patterson Lyrics for soprano and piano, 1985
  • March and Fanfare for an Elegant Lady 1986
  • Mirrors: Rondo - Variations for Two Pianos, 1988
  • Dialogues and Commentaries for Seven Players, 1991
  • I'm Going To Sing Tenor and Piano, 1991
  • Tra La La Lamia for soprano, tenor, baritone and piano, 1991
  • Variations on a quasi Classical Tune for String Orchestra of Young Players, 1992
  • Riverain for winds and percussion, 1993
  • Ask Your Mom for two narrators and Jazz Ensemble, 1994
  • Recitative and Aria for English horn solo, 1995
  • A Ternion of Seasons for woodwind and brass quintet, percussion and narrator, 1996
  • Breaking Bread With Egbert for piano, 1997
  • Music for Martyrs for bass voice, piano and drum, 1997

Swell

  • AfriClassical - Hale Smith
  • A Tribute to Composer Hale Smith
  • Man
  • Born in 1925
  • Died in 2009
  • American composer
  • Music teacher
  • Pianist
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