Edward Danforth Hale (February 1, 1859 in

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– November 6, 1945 in

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) was a music school pedagogue in piano, music

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, and composition and a collegiate music school dean. Hale was well known during his tenure at Colorado College as a proponent of standardized music education in

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s. He argued that curricular music in

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and

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s enhanced students' performance in classic core academics and made the classical core more comprehensive.

Education

Williams College

Hale graduated from Williams College in 1880 with an AB and 1883 with an MA. He was a Phi Beta Kappa.

New England Conservatory

Hale studied at the

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1881 to 1884, 1886, and 1888. For all except one of the semesters, Hale studied piano with

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. With the exception of 4 semesters, Hale was enrolled in piano studies only. During two of the semesters, Hale also took voice lessons with John O'Neill; two semesters of harmony with Stephen Albert Emery (1841–1891) and one semester of counterpoint with Stephen Albert Emery. Hale did not receive a diploma ''per se''; most students did not at that time.

Career

New England Conservatory

Hale taught at the

from 1886 to 1896, and again from 1901 to 1904. While on the faculty, Hale wrote a regular column called "Musical Pedagogy" for ''The New England Conservatory Magazine'' during the first few years of the 20th century.

Hartford Theological Seminary

In 1891, while a professor at New England Conservatory, Hale taught piano (elementary and advanced) at the School for Church Musicians at the Hartford Seminary.

Colorado College School of Music

Hale served as the Dean of the School of Music at Colorado College in Colorado Springs from 1905 to 1906. In 1906, his title changed to Dean of the Department of Music, Professor of the Theory and Literature of Music and Pianoforte, in which he was chair until 1936 when he was made Dean Emeritus. Colorado College conferred on Hale an Honorary MusD degree June 16, 1926.

Publications

Edward Danforth Hale, "The Pianoforte Legato"
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'', March 1904
Edward Danforth Hale, et al. ''Four lectures on the fine arts'', Colorado Springs (1936)

Edward Danforth Hale, ''How to Learn Music'', The Hartford Herald (Hartford, Kentucky), Col 4, pg. 5, March 07, 1894

Education

* Southold Academy,

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, New York (founded 1834) * 1880 — Williams College''Phi Beta Kappa of Massachusetts – Williams College'', compiled by Eben Burt Parsons (1835–1913), Moser & Lyon Stationers, Syracuse, New York (1887) *

Family

His parents were Eusebius and Lucy Dinsmore Hale, his wife Bertha Charlotte Bartlett Hale. His children were Danforth Rawson Hale, Donald Emerson Hale, and Helen Bartlett Hale

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Edward Danforth 1859 births 1945 deaths Williams College alumni New England Conservatory alumni Colorado College faculty Hartford Seminary faculty New England Conservatory faculty American music educators