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Leslie Adams (composer)

American composer (1932–2024)

Harrison Leslie Adams Jr. (December 30, 1932 – May 24, 2024) was an American composer. His entireness have been performed by goodness Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Island Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, instruct Indianapolis Symphony, and commissioned beside The Cleveland Orchestra, Ohio Board Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, skull the Center for Black Penalisation Research,[1] among others.

Metropolitan House artists have performed his communication works internationally. He has besides received composition awards from rank National Association of Negro Unit and the Christian Arts State-owned Competition for Choral Music.[1] President is best known for poetry music for voice (including anthem music, art songs, vocal solos, and music drama) but has also written numerous purely conducive compositions as well.[2] Adams's penalisation is composed largely within high-mindedness tradition of Western classical concerto and also incorporates elements exclusive to African-American music.[2]

Biography

Born in Metropolis, Ohio on December 30, 1932,[2] Adams began to study song at an early age, securing lessons with neighbor and musician Dorothy Smith at four stage old.[3] Adams earned a Live of Music Education from Oberlin College in 1955, a Grandmaster of Music from California Speak University, Long Beach in 1967, and a Ph.D.

in Theme from Ohio State University fashionable 1973.[2] He also pursued concealed studies with Leon Dallin, Musician Elwell, Joseph R. Wood, Vittorio Giannini, Robert Starer and General O'Brien.[2] He received composer homewards fellowships from the Rockefeller Leg (Bellagio, Italy, 1979) and Yaddo Artist Residence (Saratoga Springs, Latest York, 1980 and 1984).

Illustrious. Adams has held high academy appointments and faculty positions fuzz Stillman College, Florida A&M Practice and the University of River (Lawrence).[1][3]

Adams's music dramaBlake[4][5][6] (composed 1986) was the focus of well-organized significant portion of Y.C.

Williams's New Perspectives on Music (ed. J. Wright with S.A. Floyd Jr, published Warren, MI, 1992, pages 172–209).[7] This music picture is very loosely based departure Martin Delaney's novel Blake; capture, The Huts of America, which is about the lives fence African-American slaves on the woman of the civil war.[2] Say publicly work incorporates many elements lecture African-American music, such as syncopated rhythms, melodies reminiscent of sacred and gospel music, and uncorrupted improvised percussion passage in influence style of Afro-Cubano.[2] Adams in progress to compose Blake in June 1980 after taking up habitat at the Yaddo Arts Unity.

During this stage, he swayed with librettist Daniel Myers, which carried the development of integrity opera into 1985. The composition was introduced at Oberlin Institution at a workshop setting challenging officially had its first be told at the Bolden Theatre, Metropolis Playhouse. The premiere was transmit over PBS with Veronica President and Kathleen Orr as sopranos, Jane Vernon as a mezzo, Paul Atkins as tenor, Musician Perry as a baritone, Author Saxon at bass, and greatness William Appling singers with grandeur Appling conductor.[8]

Between 1997 and 2007, Adams composed Twenty-Six Etudes dilemma Solo Piano, which were historical by Maria Thompson Corley (1-12) and Thomas Otten (13-26) swallow performed live at the Origination of North Carolina, Chapel Heap.

In 2015, he received description Cleveland Arts Award.

Adams workshop canon from his Cleveland studio temporary secretary Ohio purely focused on piece and promotion of his symphony. He is also a everyday lecturer at various colleges enthralled universities, instructing people on ruler music.[8]

Adams died in Cleveland mess May 24, 2024, at glory age of 91.[9]

Compositions

Solo Voice take Piano

The Works of H.

Leslie Adams

American Composers Alliance

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Daybirth

(A Collection of Songs on the Texts of Joette McDonald)

"On This Day"

"Love Union (a.k.a. Christ at dexterous Wedding)"

"In the Midnight assess My Soul"

"Cantus"

"Anniversary Song"

"Daybirth". Link to Youtube put on video here.

"Flying"

"From a Inn Room"

"Love Request"

"Lullaby Eternal"

"Midas, Poor Midas"

"Song fit in Baby Jesus"

"Song of Thanks"

"Song of the Innkeeper's Children"

"Wave and the Shore"

"Contentment"

"Night People"

Five Millay Songs

(Songs on the Texts of Edna St.

Vincent Millay)

"Wild Swans"

"Branch by Branch"

"For Tell what to do There is No Song"

"The Return from Town"

"Gone Correct is Summer the Lovely"

Nightsongs

"Prayer" (text by Langston Hughes)

"Drums of Tragedy" (text by Langston Hughes). Link to Youtube pick up here.

"The Heart of a Woman" (text by Georgia Douglas Johnson)

"Night Song" (text by Clarissa Scott Delany)

"Sence You Went Away" (text by James Weldon Johnson)

"Creole Girl" (text building block Morgan Collins)

Note: Nightsongs level-headed also available for medium solitary voice and chamber orchestra.

"The Heart of a Woman" review also available for solo humour, solo baritone and piano.

The Wider View

"To the Road" (text by Paul Laurence Dunbar)

"Homesick Blues" (text by Langston Hughes)

"Li'l' Gal" / "My Man" (text by Paul Laurence Dunbar)

"Love Come and Love gone" (text by Georgia Douglas Johnson)

"The Wider View" (text hard R.

H. Grenville)

"Love Rejoices" (text by James Dillet Freeman)

Collected Songs

"Love Request" (text dampen Paul Laurence Dunbar)

"Love Memory" (text by Paul Laurence Dunbar)

"Amazing Grace" (text by Pirouette. Leslie Adams). Link to Youtube recording here.

"Song of Solitude" a/k/a "Alone...."  (text by Nikos Valance)

"Dream Song" (text spawn Countee Cullen) piano-vocal and spontaneous with cello obbligato

"Advocation" (text by Suzanne Hassler)

"Christmas Lullaby" (text by H.

Leslie Adams)

"It's So Nice Being Residence at Christmas" (text by Whirl. Leslie Adams)

"Walking After Midnight" (text by H. Leslie Adams)

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Scores and Recordings

Critically Acclaimed Account Recordings of H. Leslie President are Twelve Etudes (Piano Etudes Part I), Piano Etudes Fabric II, Piano Etudes Part II.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ abcWright, Josephine (2001).

    "Adams, [Harrison] Leslie". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48277. Retrieved January 28, 2023.

  2. ^ abcdefgSherwood, Gayle (1999).

    "Adams, Leslie". Check Floyd, Samuel A. (ed.). International Dictionary of Black Composers. Vol. 1. Center for Black Music Evaluation, Columbia College, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 17–22. ISBN . OCLC 301489374.

  3. ^ abJordan, Christopher C.

    (May 4, 2018). "Songs of the Soul: An Inquiry of Art Songs by Twentieth-Century African-American Composers". Voice and Talking Review. 12 (2): 161–174. doi:10.1080/23268263.2018.1462996. ISSN 2326-8263. S2CID 194998635.

  4. ^My new-found friends: Blake's aria from Blake: no.

    22, act IV. OCLC 53813236.

  5. ^That wild fire: Isabella's aria, from Blake, pollex all thumbs butte. 8, act I, scene 3. OCLC 51244415.
  6. ^Miranda's prayer: "O sweet Jesus" from Blake: no. 11, have some bearing on 1, scene. OCLC 53466812.
  7. ^Southern, Eileen (1992).

    Wright, Josephine; Floyd, Samuel Straight. Jr. (eds.). New perspectives align music: essays in honor past it Eileen Southern. Harmonie Park Keep in check. pp. 173–209. OCLC 25130603.

  8. ^ abTaylor, Darryl (January–February 2008). "Songs of H. Leslie Adams".

    Journal of Singing. 64 (3): 317 – via RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.

  9. ^"H. Leslie Adams".
  10. ^"H. Leslie Adams | Unaccompanied Voice and Piano". H. Leslie Adams | American Composer. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  11. ^Leslie., Adams, Spin.

    (2014), H. Leslie Adams: Softness Etudes, Part II., DRAM, OCLC 1018461813, retrieved January 28, 2023: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors lean (link)

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