Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.410413340

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Performance Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2000. 44 pages. Duration 13 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #410-41334. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.410413340).

UPC: 680160087433.

Hails tork's third sonata for piano is a dynamic yet approachable work, full of contrasting passages and escalating forces. For advanced pianists. Duration: 13'.

Choral SATB chorus

SKU: PR.312419200

Arranged by Adolphus Hailstork. 8 pages. Duration 3:30. Theodore Presser Company #312-41920. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419200).

ISBN 9781491136232. UPC: 680160688517. Isaac Watts.

In this setting of the familiar Isaac Watts text with a Kentucky Carol melody, Hailstork features a vocal soloist throughout the lullaby. A magical atmosphere is created as the soloist is accompanied by textless a cappella mixed chorus, providing a uniquely tender texture.

Chamber Music flute, piano

SKU: PR.114424240

Free at Last!. Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Set of Score and Parts. Duration 11 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42424. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114424240).

ISBN 9781491137581. UPC: 680160691036.

THE BONES OF MR. FORTUNE (FREE AT LAST!) is an 11-minute concerto-like work for solo flute accompanied by symphonic winds and percussion – perfect to play with band or with orchestra, as well as with the composer’s own piano reduction. The work features lengthy cadenzas, and exhilarating dance-like sections with the ensemble. Hailstork describes the historical inspiration: Abused in life and death, an enslaved man (Mr. Fortune) was owned by a surgeon who preserved his skeleton to study anatomy. The bones remained with the doctor’s family for generations, and were given a proper burial making national news in 2013, 215 years after Mr. Fortune’s death.
Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune was honored with an elaborate funeral more than 200 years after he died in Connecticut.Mr. Fortune was owned by Dr. Preserved Porter on a farm in Waterbury, Connecticut. When Fortune died in 1798, Porter, a bone surgeon, preserved his skeleton by having the bones boiled to study anatomy at a time when cadavers for medical study were disproportionately taken from slaves, servants and prisoners.One of Porter’s descendants gave the skeleton in 1933 to Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, where it was displayed from the 1940s until 1970. The descendant referred to the slave as “Larry” and his name was forgotten at the time.A study by forensic anthropologists at the Quinnipiac University School of Medicine concluded that Fortune was about 5 feet 5 inches tall and died at around 55 years old. He suffered a number of painful ailments, including a fracture in his left hand, a severe ankle sprain and lower back pain. “He was an individual who was in considerable distress,” a forensic professor, Richard Gonzalez said.I was taken by the bizarre story of Mr. Fortune and decided to use it as the stimulus for this work.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114422600

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Set of Score and Parts. 12+8 pages. Duration 12:30. Theodore Presser Company #114-42260. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114422600).

ISBN 9781491135099. UPC: 680160686315.

Both deep and charming, LITTLE SUITE IN F combines Hailstork’s dry wit with heart, and modernism with nostalgic beauty. The suite’s four movements include a prelude of atypical texture and colors, a dance movement evoking waltz or menuet, a solemn solo movement for the violin alone, and finally a lullaby with a melody inspired by spirituals.

Chamber Music Organ, Trumpet

SKU: PR.114419010

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 28+12 pages. Duration 11 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41901. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419010).

UPC: 680160669721. 9 x 12 inches.

With a nod to Bach, Hailstork crafts a contrapuntal dialogue between trumpet and keyboard, with repeated elements throughout to keep things grounded. Versions available for both piano and organ accompaniment.

(For Piano Duet). By Adolphus Hailstork. Piano duet. For 1 Piano, 4 Hands. Advanced. Standard notation. Composed 1977

Orchestra 2 Bassons, 2 Clarinets, 2 Flutes, 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, 2 Percussion, 2 Trumpets, Harp, Solo Violin, Strings, Timpani

SKU: PR.41641476L

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Contemporary. Large Score. With Standard notation. Composed June 13 2004. 126 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41476L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.41641476L).

UPC: 680160614486. 11 x 14 inches.

Contrabass, Horn 1, Horn 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.416416340

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. With Standard notation. Duration 13 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41634. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.416416340).

UPC: 680160666171.

((the Bank Street Festival Anthem) - for S.A.T.B. Chorus and Organ). By Adolphus Hailstork. SATB chorus. For SATB, Organ. The work was premiered in May 1990 with Dr. Carl G. Harris, conductor of the choir, at the organ. Choral. Piano/Vocal Score. Standard notation. Composed 1990. 28 pages. Duration 12:00

Concert band

SKU: PR.11540248F

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Arranged by Donald Patterson. Sws. Full score. 24 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 20 seconds. Theodore Presser Company #115-40248F. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11540248F).

ISBN 9781491134146. UPC: 680160684243. 9 x 12 inches.

By Adolphus Hailstork. For Flute. Solo & Ensemble Music. FEMA Editions. Concert and Contest. Level: Medium. Published by Wingert-Jones Publications.

Chamber Music Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Piano

SKU: PR.114419410

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Sws. Set of Score and Parts. 68+24+24+24+24 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41941. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419410).

UPC: 680160681358. 9 x 12 inches.

Detroit, for several decades, was a city where I received many important composing and performance opportunities in the early and middle part of my career. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra even commissioned my second symphony. My cantata DONE MADE MY VOW has been performed there more times than any place else. The chorus for those performances was always the outstanding BRAZEAL DENNARD CHORALE. He loved his city and was a great mentor to me. The final movement of this quintet is dedicated to his memory.

For Men's Chorus, A Cappella. By Adolphus Hailstork. Men's choir. For Tenor, Bass. Choral. Piano/Vocal Score. Composed 2003. 4 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company.