Harriet Bolz Explained

Harriet Bolz
Birth Name:Harriet Seymour Hallock
Birth Date:November 24, 1909
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio
Death Date:March 9, 1995 (aged 87)
Death Place:Columbus, Ohio
Other Names:Harriett Bolz, Harriett Hallock Bolz
Occupation:Composer

Harriet Seymour Hallock Bolz (November 24, 1909 – March 9, 1995) was an American composer based in Ohio.

Early life and education

Harriet Seymour Hallock was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Roscoe Scott Hallock and Anna Druzilla Griffith Hallock. Both of her parents were also born in Ohio. Her father was a physician. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music,[1] and earned a bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University. She completed a master's degree in composition at Ohio State University. She studied with Paul Creston and Leo Sowerby.

Career

Bolz composed secular and church music. In 1974 her Sweet Jesus was awarded first prize in a choral competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. She was active in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs.[2] In 1965 she was recognized by the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) as winner of an adult non-professional composition competition.[3] [4] A piano quartet by Bolz had its premiere performance at an NFMC convention in 1983.

Bolz's work is mostly performed on programs of music by women composers, including a 1969 concert of works by Ohio women,[5] and a 1986 harp recital at the University of Iowa.[6] After a 1985 concert at Georgia State University, a reviewer described her Floret, a short piece for piano, as "witty, brilliantly pianistic."[7] She attended a 1992 concert at the Lancaster Festival composers' symposium, saying "I'm always happy to have things performed. That's how you learn."[8]

Since her death, works by Bolz continue to appear on concert programs, including a 1997 program at George Washington University;[9] a 2004 concert in Fort Lauderdale;[10] and a 2015 workshop by the Chamber Musicians of Northern California.[11]

Compositions

Many of Bolz's works were published by Hildegard Publishing,[12] Arsis Press, Sam Fox Publishing, Choral Arts Publications, Beckenhorst Press, and Harold Branch Publishing.[13]

Personal life

In 1937, Hallock married Harold August Bolz, an engineering professor at Ohio State University. They had three sons, William, Everett, and Eric.[20] She died in 1995, at the age of 85, in Columbus.

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1984-02-16 . Colby lecture/recital . 2024-01-11 . Morning Sentinel . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1982-12-14 . Prizes total $400 in state composers contest . 2024-01-11 . The Akron Beacon Journal . 48 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1983-05-21 . NFMC Convention Held . 2024-01-11 . The Times Recorder . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1965-05-17 . Federation of Music Clubs Holds Convention in Dayton . 2024-01-11 . The Tribune . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1969-02-12 . Music by Ohio Women Featured by Club . 2024-01-11 . The Daily Reporter . 15 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1986-10-31 . U of I events . 2024-01-11 . The Gazette . 44 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Henry . Derrick . 1985-05-14 . Women Composers Worthy of Special Night . 2024-01-11 . The Atlanta Journal . 36 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Prosch . Susan L. . 1992-07-27 . Composers' audience gets inside view of music . 2024-01-11 . Lancaster Eagle-Gazette . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  9. Reinthaler, Joan. "At GWU, a Hearing for American Women Composers" The Washington Post (September 17, 1997).
  10. News: 2004-02-26 . Women composers concert . 2024-01-11 . The Miami Herald . 744 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Kjemtrup . Inge . 2016-03-29 . Innovative Chamber-Music Workshop Celebrates Female Composers . 2024-01-11 . Strings Magazine . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2023-01-12 . Festive Fantasia – Harriett Bolz - Hildegard Publishing Company . 2024-01-11 . en-US.
  13. Web site: Harriet Bolz . 2024-01-11 . Arsis Press.
  14. Book: Fitch, Donald . Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake . 2023-11-15 . Univ of California Press . 978-0-520-31337-8 . 10 . en.
  15. News: 1969-02-10 . Event Features Local Composer . 2024-01-11 . Columbus Evening Dispatch . 32 . Newspapers.com.
  16. Web site: Jeanne Norton . 2024-01-11 . Wittenberg University.
  17. Web site: Bolz . Harriett . 1984 . Polychrome patterns (audiocassette) . 2024-01-11 . OCLC . en.
  18. News: 1992-03-13 . Making the world safe for sax . 2024-01-11 . Tallahassee Democrat . 61 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1981-04-03 . Coffee Concert . 2024-01-11 . Sidney Daily News . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  20. Web site: Bolz Hall Buckeye Stroll . 2024-01-11 . en-US.

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