Frederick Jerome Work (c. 1879 - 1942) was a collector, arranger ("harmonizer"), and composer of songs in the United States. He was part of a family of musicians and published a collection of "Negro spirituals" with his brother John Wesley Work.
He worked at Fisk University and with its the Jubilee Singers and toured with another singing group he conducted. He played the piano. He was photographed at Albert Coombs Barnes home in 1940.
He was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
Books
- New Jubilee Songs, as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University 2nd ed. Collected and Harmonized by Frederick J. Work (1904)
- Folk songs of the American Negro with John Wesley Work with John Wesley Work II
Songs
- "Wade in the Water"
- "Out of the Depths"
See also
References
- Kimberling, Clark (Summer 2014). "Three Generations of Works and Their Contributions to Congregational Singing". The Hymn. 65 (3). Boston: 10–17. ProQuest 1613176807.
- "John Wesley Work, III (1901-1967)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- Wintz, Cary D. (November 25, 2020). Black Writers Interpret the Harlem Renaissance. Routledge. ISBN 9781135606411 – via Google Books.
- Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (February 1, 2013). To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496801623 – via Google Books.
- "Work, Frederick J. (Frederick Jerome), at the home of Albert C. (Albert Coombs) Barnes , Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania - Yale University Library". collections.library.yale.edu.
- "Hymnology". hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk.
- "New Jubilee Songs, as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk Univ., 1904, 2nd ed. Collected and Harmonized by Frederick J. Work, 1904 | Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History". aafa.galileo.usg.edu.
- Work, John Wesley (November 2, 1915). "Folk Song of the American Negro". Press of Fisk University – via Google Books.