Dale Emerson Hall
Dale Emerson Hall passed away on September 15, 2023 in Sharpsburg, Georgia.
He was born in Delaware on October 4, 1937. His father Charles Edgar "Ted" Hall was a farmer; his mother Carrie Mae (Hickok) Hall was a music teacher. He was valedictorian of his high school graduating class at Leesburg-Magnetic High School in 1955. He received his B.S. from Ohio Northern University in 1959 in Pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist in Delaware, Marysville and Columbus, Ohio while pursuing music studies from 1961 to 1974.
Dale received a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College in 1961 where he majored in piano performance. Then followed two graduate degrees from The Ohio State University; an M.A. in Piano Pedagogy in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1973 for his dissertation. He spent 1967-68 working on his dissertation in Germany and Italy.
He taught musicology/music history at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa from 1974 to 1999. He published numerous scholarly articles about Renaissance music and music in Hawai’i. He received on IREX (International Research Exchanges Board) fellowship in support of his sabbatical year 1980-1981, spent mainly in Gdansk, Poland working on a Renaissance topic. In 2002 his book The Honolulu Symphony; A Century of Music (Honolulu: Goodale Publishing) was published. He and his colleague Allen Trubitt collaborated on a performing edition of six violincello sonatas.
Dale was a virtuoso pianist. He was able to improvise versions of American popular tunes at the piano. He also performed as a classical pianist, giving three piano recitals while at the University of Hawai’i. He received a Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching at UHM in 1992.
He published humorous articles in Classic Car magazine and Honolulu Magazine. He wrote both words and music of a pidgin English song, “No Mo’ Christmas Blues”, recorded by Hawaiian comic and singer Frank de Lima and the Honolulu Boy Choir. The song sold over 100,000 copies.
Dale was a member of the Parish of St. Clements Episcopal Church in Honolulu for many years. He sang in the choir, taught Bible studies and helped with various service projects like the soup kitchen in downtown Honolulu.
He also delivered Meals on Wheels. His faith was strong and he was an example of the Golden Rule.
Dale was preceded in death by his parents. He moved to Georgia in 2017, and has been living with his sister, Sharon Hall Tanner. He is also survived by a niece, Laura Fuchs (Mike) and nephew, Scott Tanner (Sandra), and three great-nieces and one great-nephew also from Georgia.
Funeral Services celebrating Dale's Life will be held Saturday April 6, 2024 at 12 noon at the Richwood First Methodist Church. Pastor Joseph Rhea will officiate. Friends may call one hour prior to the service beginning at 11:00 am at the church in Richwood. Private burial will take place in the Fairview Cemetery near Ostrander.
The Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home is assisting the family.
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