Hall Johnson

Alternative Names: Johnson, Francis Hall
Birth Year: 1888
Death Year: 1970
Notes: One of a number of American composers and arrangers who elevated the African-American spiritual to an art form, comparable in its musical sophistication to the compositions of European Classical composers.

Compositions:

Title Alternate Title(s)
Ain't Got Time to Die
River Chant

Arrangements:

Title Composer(s) Type Arranged For Publisher
Ain't Got Time to Die Trad/Anon/composer unknown, Score SSAATTB, T solo, A capella G. Schirmer, Inc.
Ain't Got Time to Die Trad/Anon/composer unknown, Score SATB, T solo, a capella G. Schirmer, Inc.
Honor! Honor! Trad/Anon/composer unknown, Score SATBB, a cappella Carl Fischer, Inc.
I Cannot Stay Here by Myself (A Slave's Lament) Trad/Anon/composer unknown, Score SATB, a cappella Carl Fischer, Inc.
Lord, I Don't Feel No Ways Tired Trad/Anon/composer unknown, Score SATTBB, a cappella Carl Fischer, Inc.

Poems/Lyrics:

Title Alternate Title(s) Composer(s)
Ain't Got Time to Die Johnson, Hall