JOHNSON, FRANCIS HALL

JOHNSON, FRANCIS HALL. Composer (12 March 1888 in Athens, Georgia; 30 April 1970 in New York, New York). He showed musical talent at an early age and studied piano as a child with an older sister. Inspired by hearing a violin recital given by Joseph Douglass, he became interested in learning violin. Although he was given a violin when he was fourteen, he was unable to study formally until he attended college, for he could find no one to teach him...