Hall Johnson (Composer)
Born: 12th March 1888, Athens, Georgia, United States
Died: 30th April 1970, New York. United States
Nationality: American
Francis Hall Johnson was an American composer and arranger of African-American spiritual music. He is one of a group—including Harry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, and Eva Jessye—who had great success performing African-American spirituals.
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