William L. Dawson (composer)

William Levi Dawson ( born September 26, 1899 in Anniston, Alabama; † 2 May 1990) was an American composer, choral conductor and music educator.

Dawson began thirteen years old at the Tuskegee Institute, where Frank L. Drye and Alice Carter Simmons were among his teachers. By the end of the study in 1921, he played in the orchestra of the institute, was music Bibliotheker and toured for five years with the Institute Singers. At the age of sixteen he began to compose.

After a year at Washburn College in Topeka / Kansas, he enrolled at the Horner Institute of Fine Arts in Kansas City, where he in 1925 obtained the degree of Bachelor. In addition, he taught from 1922 to 1926 at the Lincoln High School in Kansas City. In 1927 he gained at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, the Master degree. He completed his training at Carl Busch and Regina G. Hall and took private lessons with Adolf Weidig, Horvard Otter current and Felix Borowski. From 1926 to 1930 he was principal trombonist with the Chicago Civic Orchestra under Frederic floor and Eric De Lamarter.

In 1931 he returned to the Tuskegee University, where he directed until 1956 the music school. The Choir of the University he led at that time to gain international recognition. He joined, among others before the President Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, at Carnegie Hall, Constitution Hall in Washington and in radio broadcasts of NBC, ABC and CBS on.

Dawson's most important work was the Negro Folk Symphony, which was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. For his service anniversary in 1956 his Tuskegee University awarded an honorary doctorate. For his contributions to the choral music he was awarded in 1976 by the American Choral Directors Association.

Works

  • Ain'a that good news? for mixed choir, 1937
  • An Easter canticle solo for alto, three -part female choir and violin
  • Before the sun goes down for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus and echo choir
  • Behold the star for soprano, tenor, mixed choir and Echo Choir, 1946
  • Break, break, break for mixed choir and orchestra, 1928
  • Deep river for mixed choir
  • Every time I feel the spirit for baritone and mixed chorus, 1946
  • Ezekiel saw the wheel for mixed choir, 1942
  • Feed - a my sheep for mixed chorus and piano, 1971
  • Forever thine for medium voice and piano, 1920
  • Go to sleep, Lullaby for high voice and piano ( text by Vernon N. Ray ), 1926
  • Great day for mixed choir
  • Hail Mary for Alr and mixed choir, 1946
  • I could not hear nobody pray for soprano and mixed chorus, 1920
  • I wan ' to be ready for alto, baritone, mixed chorus and piano, 1967
  • In his care -o for mixed choir, 1961
  • Interlude for Piano
  • I've been ' buked for mixed choir
  • King Jesus is a - listening for soprano and mixed chorus, 1925
  • Jesus walked this lonesome valley for high voice and piano, 1927
  • Jump back, honey for medium voice and piano, 1923
  • Listen to the lambs for mixed choir
  • Lovers plighted for mixed choir, 1931
  • Mary had a baby for soprano and mixed chorus, 1947
  • My Lord, what a mourning for low voice and piano, 1927
  • Negro folk symphony for orchestra, 1932
  • Negro folk song for orchestra, 1940
  • Negro work song for orchestra, 1941
  • Oh, what a beautiful city for medium voice and piano, 1939
  • Out in the fields with God for medium voice and piano, 1929
  • Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser, by Richard Wagner for mixed choir, 1967
  • Rockin ' Jerusalem for mixed choir
  • ' Scherzo for Orchestra, 1930
  • Slumber song for mixed chorus, 1974
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1927
  • Soon ah will be done for mixed choir, 1934
  • Steal away for mixed choir, 1942
  • Swing low, sweet chariot for soprano and mixed chorus, 1946
  • Symphony no 1, E flat major
  • Talk about a chile did do love Jesus for high voice and piano, 1927
  • The mongrel Yank; A Yankee is a mixture of many races for Männerchot and piano, 1930
  • The rugged Yank for medium voice and piano
  • There is a balm in Gilead for mixed choir, 1939
  • There's a Lit'l wheel a- turning in my heart for mixed choir, 1949
  • Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, 1925
  • You got to reap just what you sow for low voice and piano, 1928

Swell

  • Tuskegee University - William L. Dawson Tribute
  • AfriClassical - William Levi Dawson (1899-1990)
  • Emory University - William Levi Dawson
  • Man
  • Born in 1899
  • Died in 1990
  • American composer
  • Conductor
  • Music teacher
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