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Adolphus Hailstork

{{short description|American composer and educator (born 1941)}}

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| birth_name = Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|04|17}}

| birth_place = Rochester, New York, US

| education = {{hlist|Manhattan School of Music (BM, MM)|Michigan State University (PhD)}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Composer|educator}}

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Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator.De Lerma, Dominique-Rene. [http://www.dramonline.org/albums/african-heritage-symphonic-series-vol-ii/notes "African Heritage Symphonic Series"]. Liner note essay. Cedille Records CDR061. He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Career

Hailstork began his musical career in 1963, when he studied composition with Mark Fax at Howard University, Washington, DC (BMus 1963).{{Cite web|last=McGinty|first=Doris Evans|date=2001-01-20|title=Hailstork, Adolphus|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000042700|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605235031/http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000042700 |archive-date=2018-06-05 |access-date=2021-02-12|website=Grove Music Online|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42700|isbn=978-1-56159-263-0}} In the summer of 1963 he attended the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger.{{Cite web|title=Adolphus Hailstork {{!}} BIOGRAPHY|url=https://www.adolphushailstorkcomposer.com/bio|access-date=2021-02-12|website=adolphushailstork|language=en}} In 1965, Hailstork received a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, and in 1966 received a Master of Music at the same institution. After studying under H. Owen Reed, Hailstork received his PhD in composition from Michigan State University in 1971.

From 1969 to 1971, Hailstork taught at Michigan State University. He then served as professor at Youngstown State University in Ohio from 1971 to 1976, and in 1977 accepted a post as professor of music and Composer-in-Residence at Virginia's Norfolk State University. He also taught as professor of music and Composer-in-Residence at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Hailstork is of African American, Native American and European ancestry{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} and his works blend musical ideas from the African, American and European traditions.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-11-27 |title=The Inside Story: Liz Player and ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK: CHAMBER WORKS |url=https://www.navonarecords.com/news/inside-story-liz-player-adolphus-hailstork-chamber-works/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Navona Records |language=en-US}}

In October 2022, he was featured as "Composer of the Week" on BBC Radio 3.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Adolphus Hailstork (1941), Other Sources of Inspiration |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cgl6 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}

Hailstork married in 2007.

Awards and publications

  • 1971: Ernest Bloch Award for choral composition
  • Mourn Not the Dead{{Cite web|title=Adolphus Hailstork|url=https://artsongalliance.org/composers/adolphus-hailstork|access-date=2021-02-19|website=African American Art Song Alliance}}
  • 1977: Belwin-Mills Max Winkler Award, presented by the Band Directors National Association
  • Out of Depths
  • 1983: First Prize, Virginia College Band Directors
  • Guernica{{Cite web|last=Mekkawi|first=Andre K.|date=April 2006|title=Meet the Composer: A Concert and Forum with Dr. Adolphus Hailstork|url=https://www.howard.edu/library/music@howard/composers/meet2006/Default.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Howard University Department of Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907221912/http://www.howard.edu/library/Music@Howard/Composers/Meet2006/Default.htm |archive-date=2006-09-07 }}
  • 1987: Fulbright fellowship for study in Guyana{{Cite web|title=Hailstork, Adolphus (Cunningham) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/hailstork-adolphus-cunningham|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}
  • 1992: named a Cultural Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • 1995: First Prize, University of Delaware Festival of Contemporary Music
  • Consort Piece{{Cite web|last=Ritchie|first=Susan|title=Hailstork, Adolphus (1941-) {{!}} Harvard Square Library|url=https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/uu-composers-adolphus-hailstork/|access-date=2021-02-19|language=en-US}}
  • 1999: Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association{{cite web |url=http://acda.org/page.asp?page=brock_pieces |title=American Choral Directors Association |access-date=2016-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308063227/http://www.acda.org/page.asp?page=brock_pieces |archive-date=2016-03-08 }}, Retrieved March 2016
  • 2001: Doctor of Humane Letters honorary doctorate from the College of William & Mary{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=Honorary degree recipients |url=https://scrc-kb.libraries.wm.edu/honorary-degree-recipients |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Special Collections Knowledgebase |language=en-US}}

Hailstork is published by Theodore Presser Company{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/composer/ |title=Composers | Theodore Presser Company |access-date=2015-06-25 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080411/http://www.presser.com/composer/ |url-status=dead }} and Carl Fischer Music.{{Cite web |url=http://www.carlfischer.com/composer/hailstork-adolphus/ |title=Hailstork, Adolphus | Carl Fischer Music |access-date=2015-07-06 |archive-date=2015-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707195652/http://www.carlfischer.com/composer/hailstork-adolphus/ |url-status=dead }} Old Dominion University holds several archival documents of Adolphus Hailstork in the [https://www.lib.odu.edu/archon/ special collections] area of the F. Ludwig Diehn Composers Room, in the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center.{{Cite web|last=Ritchie|first=Susan|title=Hailstork, Adolphus (1941-) {{!}} Harvard Square Library|url=https://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/uu-composers-adolphus-hailstork/|access-date=2021-02-19|language=en-US}}

Selected works

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Works for Solo Instruments

  • 2 Scherzos for solo piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/2-scherzos.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=2 Scherzos |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075402/http://www.presser.com/shop/2-scherzos.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Bassoon Set for solo bassoon{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/bassoon-set.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Bassoon Set |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080209/http://www.presser.com/shop/bassoon-set.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Eight Variations On "Shalom Chaverim" for solo piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/eight-variations-on-shalom-cha.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Eight Variations on Shalom Chaverim |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080213/http://www.presser.com/shop/eight-variations-on-shalom-cha.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Five Friends for solo piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/5-friends.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=5 Friends |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075457/http://www.presser.com/shop/5-friends.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Flute Set for solo flute{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/flute-set.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Flute Set |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075459/http://www.presser.com/shop/flute-set.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Four Preludes for solo harphttp://www.presser.com/shop/four-preludes-103163.html?SID=77d70ab013d43d4b6efdc4eab72c1e7b{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Great Day (That Great Gittin' Up Mornin') for solo carillon{{Citation|title=Great day|date=2020|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1197712101|language=English|oclc=1197712101|access-date=2021-02-02}}
  • Ignis Fatuus (Mysterious Fires) for solo piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/ignis-fatuus.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Ignis Fatuus |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080010/http://www.presser.com/shop/ignis-fatuus.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 for solo pianohttp://www.presser.com/shop/piano-sonata-no-363.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 for solo piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/piano-sonata-no-3.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Piano Sonata No. 3 |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080206/http://www.presser.com/shop/piano-sonata-no-3.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • The Surprising Thing Is for solo violin{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/the-surprising-thing-is.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=The Surprising Thing is |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075755/http://www.presser.com/shop/the-surprising-thing-is.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • ''Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" for solo Cello{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/theme-and-variations-on-draw-the-sacred-circle-closer.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Theme and Variations on "Draw |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075659/http://www.presser.com/shop/theme-and-variations-on-draw-the-sacred-circle-closer.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Sonata for Solo Cello
  • Three Smiles for Tracy for solo clarinet{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/three-smiles-for-tracey.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Three Smiles for Tracey |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080511/http://www.presser.com/shop/three-smiles-for-tracey.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Trio Sonata for solo pianohttp://www.presser.com/shop/trio-sonata-82278.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • ''Two Studies on Chant Melodies" for solo organhttp://www.presser.com/shop/two-studies-on-chant-melodies.html?SID=77d70ab013d43d4b6efdc4eab72c1e7b {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
  • Variations for solo trumpet{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/variations-for-trumpet.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Variations for Trumpet |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080406/http://www.presser.com/shop/variations-for-trumpet.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}

Toccata on Veni Emmanuel for Organ/E.C.Schirmer 1996

Works for Chamber Ensemble

  • American Fanfare for 3Tpt. 4Hn. 3Tbn. Tu. 3Perc. Timp.{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/american-fanfare.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=American Fanfare |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080008/http://www.presser.com/shop/american-fanfare.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • American Landscape for string duet{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/american-landscape.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=American Landscape No. 2 |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080307/http://www.presser.com/shop/american-landscape.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Armegeddon for organ and two percussion{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/armageddon.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Armageddon-Org,Perc |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080409/http://www.presser.com/shop/armageddon.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • As Falling Leaves{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/as-falling-leaves.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=As Falling Leaves |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080105/http://www.presser.com/shop/as-falling-leaves.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Baroque Suite for violin and piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/baroque-suite.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Baroque Suite |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075117/http://www.presser.com/shop/baroque-suite.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • The Blue Bag for clarinet and piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/the-blue-bag.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=The Blue Bag - Cl., Pno |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080112/http://www.presser.com/shop/the-blue-bag.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Consort Piece for septet{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/consort-piece-mixed-7tet.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Consort Piece Mixed 7Tet |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080911/http://www.presser.com/shop/consort-piece-mixed-7tet.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Divertimento for violin and violahttp://www.presser.com/shop/divertimento-103224.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Evensong for violin and cellohttp://www.presser.com/shop/evensong-69478.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Fanfare on Amazing Grace for brass quintet, timpani, and organ{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/fanfare-on-amazing-grace-for-brass-quintet-timpani-and-organ.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Fanfare on Amazing Grace |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080714/http://www.presser.com/shop/fanfare-on-amazing-grace-for-brass-quintet-timpani-and-organ.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • "Fantasy, Elegy & Caprice" for cello and piano
  • Fantasy Piece for viola and piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/fantasy-piece.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Fantasy Piece - Va., Pno |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080513/http://www.presser.com/shop/fantasy-piece.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Four Hymns Without Words for trumpet and piano{{Cite web|title=Four Hymns Without Words|url=https://www.presser.com/114-41894-four+hymns+without+words.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.presser.com|language=en}}
  • Guest Suite for four hands on one piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/guest-suite-1pno4hands.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Guest Suite-1Pno4Hands |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075115/http://www.presser.com/shop/guest-suite-1pno4hands.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Ghosts in Grey and Blue for trumpet, horn, and trombone{{Cite web|title=Ghosts in Grey and Blue|url=https://www.presser.com/114-41746-ghosts+in+grey+and+blue.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.presser.com|language=en}}
  • I Am Only One for SATB choir{{Cite web|url=http://www.alliancemusic.com/product.cfm?iProductID=566|title = Alliance Music Publications Inc. - I Am Only One}}
  • John Henry's Big (Man vs. Machine) for trombone and piano{{Cite web|title=John Henry's Big|url=https://www.presser.com/114-41445-john-henry-27s-big.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.presser.com|language=en}}
  • Little Diversions for Lord Byron's Court for two violins or string duet{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/little-diversions-for-lord-byr.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Little Diversions for Lor-2 vn |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075502/http://www.presser.com/shop/little-diversions-for-lord-byr.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Sanctum for clarinet and piano or viola and pianohttp://www.presser.com/shop/sanctum-35751.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • A Simple Caprice for clarinet and piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/simple-caprice-a.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Simple Caprice, A |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080611/http://www.presser.com/shop/simple-caprice-a.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Sonata for trumpet and pianohttp://www.presser.com/shop/sonata-108083.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Sonata for two pianos{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/sonata-for-two-pianos-1copy.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Sonata for Two Pianos-1Copy |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075559/http://www.presser.com/shop/sonata-for-two-pianos-1copy.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • Springtime for Elephants for two tubas{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/springtime-for-elephants.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |title=Springtime for Elephants-2copy |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075404/http://www.presser.com/shop/springtime-for-elephants.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486 |url-status=dead }}
  • String Quartet No. 1http://www.presser.com/shop/string-quartet-no-4724.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • String Quartet No. 2 - Variations on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/variations-on-swing-low-sweet-chariot.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Variations on Swing Low, Swee |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075359/http://www.presser.com/shop/variations-on-swing-low-sweet-chariot.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Three Meditations for viola and organhttp://www.presser.com/shop/three-meditations.html?SID=77d70ab013d43d4b6efdc4eab72c1e7b {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
  • Two by Two for horn and trombonehttp://www.presser.com/shop/two-by-two-100546.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Variations on a Guyanese Folk Song for violin and piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/variations-on-a-guyanese-folksong.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Variations on a Guyanese Folks |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080712/http://www.presser.com/shop/variations-on-a-guyanese-folksong.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Ventriloquist Acts of God for soprano and piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/ventriloquist-acts-of-god.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Ventriloquist Acts of God |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075119/http://www.presser.com/shop/ventriloquist-acts-of-god.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}
  • Violin Concerto for violin and pianohttp://www.presser.com/shop/violin-concerto-102018.html?SID=fpeg1h5bfkkf0ocop8tpje7486{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Who is Sylvia? For Coloratura Soprano, Violin, and Piano{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/shop/who-is-sylvia-2-scs-1-pt.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |title=Who is Sylvia? (2 SCS, 1 Pt) |access-date=2016-12-09 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080509/http://www.presser.com/shop/who-is-sylvia-2-scs-1-pt.html?SID=4ed4auddpc69v9gtumqghnk6r3 |url-status=dead }}

Works for Chorus and Orchestra

  • Break Forth for Chorus and Orchestra{{Cite web |url=http://www.presser.com/composer/hailstork-adolphus/ |title=Hailstork, Adolphus | Theodore Presser Company |access-date=2015-06-25 |archive-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626193723/http://www.presser.com/composer/hailstork-adolphus/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Crispus Attucks - American Patriot for mezzo, tenor, bass-bariton, large chorus, and orchestra
  • Done Made My Vow for narrator, soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra
  • EarthRise (A Song of Healing) for two choirs and orchestra
  • Four Spirituals for two sopranos, mixed chorus and orchestra
  • The Gift of the Magi A “Choral Ballet” for dancers, chamber orchestra and children's chorus
  • I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, cantata for tenor, choir, and orchestra
  • Serenade “To Hearts Which Near Each Other Move” for SATB choir and orchestra
  • Songs of Innocence for three soloists, chorus and orchestra
  • Within Our Gates for solo soprano, solo tenor, SATB chorus and string orchestra
  • The World Called for solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra{{Cite web|url=https://www.presser.com/116-41999-the-world-called.html|title = The World Called}}

Works for Chorus

  • Shout for Joy (The Bank Street Festival Anthem){{Cite web|url=https://www.presser.com/312-41758-shout+for+joy.html|title = Shout for Joy}}

Works for Wind Ensemble

  • American Guernica{{Cite web|url=https://www.umwindorchestra.com/single-post/2017/01/24/Adolphus-Hailstork-American-Guernica|title = Adolphus Hailstork: "American Guernica"|date = 24 January 2017}}

Works for Orchestra

  • An American Port of Call
  • Baroque Suite for String Orchestra (with optional Harpsichord)
  • Church Street Serenade for String Orchestra
  • Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra{{Cite web|title=Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra|url=https://www.presser.com/116-42005-concertino-for-trumpet-and-orchestra.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.presser.com|language=en}}
  • Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed In memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968){{Cite web|title=Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed|url=https://www.presser.com/116-40109-epitaph-for-a-man-who-dreamed.html|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.presser.com|language=en}}
  • Essay for Strings
  • Fanfare on Amazing Grace for Orchestra
  • ''Hercules"
  • Intrada
  • Lachrymosa: 1919
  • Sonata for Trumpet (or Clarinet) and String Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Celebration!
  • Three Spirituals
  • Two Romances for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
  • Violin Concerto

Operas

  • Joshua’s Boots an Opera in one Act
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar: Common Ground An Operatic Theaterpiece
  • Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story{{Cite web|url=https://www.operaamerica.org/applications/NAWD/newworks/details.aspx?id=714|title=Opera America North American Works Directory}}

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.lib.odu.edu/diehn/exhibitsevents/hailstorkkaleidoscope/index.htm "Kaleidoscope: The Musical World of Adolphus Hailstork"] at Old Dominion University Libraries
  • [https://www.presser.com/adolphus-hailstork Adolphus Hailstork's page at Theodore Presser Company]
  • [http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/hailstork.html "Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941) – African American Composer & Professor"] at AfriClassical.com
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