Harold L. Walters
Harold Walters Laurence (* 29. September 1918 in Gurdon , the US state of Arkansas ; † 22. October 1984 in Hollywood , California ) was an American composer . He also used the pseudonym Fred L. Frank .
He started playing cornet at the age of eight and had his first music lessons. During his five years with the US Navy Band as a tubist and arranger, he completed his music studies at the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati , Ohio , with Nadia Boulanger , among others . He also studied at the American University in Washington DC and at the Washington College of Music in Chestertown , Maryland , where he received his doctorate in 1943.
Afterwards he worked as a conductor and composer at theaters, in film and in various orchestras. a. with the well-known orchestra of Sigmund Romberg in Washington (DC) and in New York . Since 1947 he has been associated with the Rubank Publishing Company as a composer, arranger and editor.
His oeuvre includes around 1500 compositions and arrangements as well as textbooks. It was eclectic and composed in almost all musical styles.
Walters was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In 1956 he was elected President of the American Bandmasters Association and a few years later he received an honorary doctorate in composition from the Washington College of Music .
He has conducted wind bands and orchestras all over the world. And when you asked him what kind of orchestras these were, he always replied: The smallest orchestra was a circus band with 9 musicians and the largest orchestra consisted of 12,800 musicians at the University of Michigan .
Works
Works for wind orchestra (selection)
- 1947 Badinage for Brasses
- 1949 Copa Cabana
- 1950 Deep River Rhapsody
- 1951 Dixieland Revel , March
- 1951 Latin American March
- 1952 A Hot Time in the Brasses Tonight!
- 1952 TV suite
- 1953 The Christmas Suite
- 1953 King size
- 1954 La Mascarada
- 1955 American Folk Suite
- 1955 Viva Paulo!
- 1957 Leetonia Overture for Band
- 1957 Three Scenes
- 1961 Civil War Suite
- 1962 Spiritual Contrasts
- 1962 He's got the hole world
- 1962 I'm on my way
- 1963 Hootenanny Folk Festival for Band
- 1964 Trumpet Filigree for trumpet and wind orchestra
- 1966 Jamaican Folk Suite
- 1967 Duty Honor, Country for narrator and wind orchestra
- 1970 Instant Concert
- 1971 Japanese Folk Suite
- 1972 Bands around the World
- 1975 Country and Western
- 1980 Americana suite
- Brasses to the Fore , March
Educational works
- Forty Fathoms Solo for Eb tuba
- Concertante Solo for BBb Tuba
literature
- Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 792 f .
- William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 2: O – Z. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 , pp. 801 f .
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SURNAME | Walters, Harold L. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frank, Fred L. (pseudonym); Walters, Harold Laurence (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gurdon , Arkansas , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1984 |
Place of death | Hollywood , California, USA |