Adolphus Hailstork

Sanctum : Rhapsody For Viola And Piano.

Composed for violist Beverly Baker. This is the third in Hailstork's collection of cathedral pieces, composed for various instrumentations. With program and biographical notes. Duration ca. 13 minutes.

Piano Sonata No. 2.

In four movements. Dedicated to Jeanette Winsor. The first movement is in the style of a recitative; the second movement is a bright allegro; the third is a dramatic adagio; the final movement is always in motion. Of advanced difficulty. Custom print edition.

Summer. Life. Song. : For Soprano, Clarinet In B Flat and String Quartet.

Contents: 1. I Shall Keep Singing -- 2. Answer July -- 3. As Children Bid the Guests Goodnight -- 4. Perhaps You'd Like to Buy a Flower -- 5. Over the Fence -- 6. It's Easy to Invent a Life -- 7. If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking -- 8. This Is My Letter to the World -- 9. Tie the Strings to My…

Three Spirituals : For Violin, Viola and Cello.

Contents: 1. We Shall Overcome -- 2. Kum Ba Yah -- 3. Great Day. Of moderate difficulty. Duration ca. 9 minutes.

Amazing Grace / James Kosnik, Organ. [CD]

A selection of organ music by Hailstork, including Fanfare on Amazing Grace; Spirituals Suite; and more. With the Eastern Brass Quintet and Frank Ward, bass-baritone.

Nocturne : No. 2 From 5 Short Choral Works.

American Guernica.

Composed in memory of four little girls killed by a bomb explosion at the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, during Sunday school class 15 September 1963.

New Anthology Of Art Songs by African-American Composers.

A collection of songs selected by Margaret R. Simmons and Jeanine Wagner. Nearly forty songs by composers including H. Leslie Adams, Adolphus Hailstork, Betty Jackson King, Robert Owens, Dolores White and others. With a foreword by William Brown, introduction and two CDs of piano accompaniments.

Toccata On Veni Emmanuel : For Organ.

Hailstork studied with, among others, David Diamond, H. Owen Reed and Nadia Boulanger. He was awarded the Ernest Bloch Award for Choral Composition in 1972. His orchestral compositions have been performed and recorded by the Chicago Symph. Orch., the Detroit Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony.

Done Made My Vow : A Ceremony For Soprano & Tenor Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra.

Variations On Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (String Quartet No. 2).

In one movement. With a program note. Written for the Marian Anderson String Quartet. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 15 minutes. Custom print edition.

Eslanda Dances : For Violin, Viola and Cello.

Contents: 1. Moderato -- 2. Andantino -- 3. Adagietto -- 4. Adagietto; Allegretto. With a program note. This work was inspired by Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson (1896-1965), the highly accomplished wife of Paul Robeson. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 12 minutes.

The Bones of Mr. Fortune (Free At Last) : For Flute and Orchestra.

In one movement. The flute plays with more and more of the orchestra as the work progresses. Scored for winds, brass and percussion only. Duration ca. 11 minutes. Custom print edition.

Chinese Zodiac Suite : For Flute, String Quartet and Harp.

Contents: Entrance -- I. Rat -- II. Ox -- III. Tiger -- IV. Rabbit -- V. Dragon -- VI. Snake -- VII. Horse -- VIII. Sheep -- IX. Monkey (Leaping and Swinging) -- X. Rooster (Boss of the Barnyard) -- XI. Dog (Sleeping and Barking) -- XII. Pig (Sad) -- Exit. With program notes. Commissioned by the…

Piano Quintet (2018).

Contents: 1. Detroit Grit -- 2. Detroit Nocturne -- 3. Detriot Rise -- 4. Prayer. With a program note. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 20 minutes. Custom print edition.

Break Forth : For SATB Chorus, 2 B-Flat Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani and Organ.

A Christmas Canticle (A Virgin Shall Conceive) : For SATB A Cappella.

Ride On, King Jesus : For Men's Chorus A Cappella.

Dedicated to the Morehouse College Glee Club, Mavid Morrow, Conductor

New Wade 'N Water : For Concert Band.

Grade Level 3. Commissioned by American Composers Forum.

Variations On A Guyanese Folksong : For Violin and Piano.

In one movement. A set of nine variations on an African tune. The theme both opens and closes the music. Custom print edition.

Celebration! : For Concert Band.

In one movement. This work was originally written for orchestra, and was composed for the bicentennial of the United States. A lively piece for full band.

Arabesques : For Flute and Percussion (1991).

Commissioned by Debra Cross as a 10th anniversary present for herself and her husband Robert Cross. The music is in five movements and a coda, and works to unite the two performers over time. With program and biographical notes.

And Deliver Us From Evil : For Band (1993).

Four Spirituals : For Organ.

Contains: Deep River (Prelude), Great Day (Toccata), and We Shall Overcome (Prelude and Postlude)