Adger M. Pace (August 13, 1882 - February 12, 1959) was an American hymn writer, music performer and teacher. He (co-)wrote close to 4,000 Southern gospel shape note songs, including Jesus Is All I Need, My Father Answers Prayers, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, and Peace, Sweet Peace.
Adger McDavid Pace | |
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| Born | August 13, 1882 |
| Died | February 12, 1959 Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Hymn writer |
Early life edit
Pace was born on August 13, 1882.[1] He had two brothers and three sisters.[2]
Career edit
Pace was hired by James David Vaughan as the music editor of his publishing company, the James D. Vaughan Publishing Company.[2][3] Pace also taught at the Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, where one of his students was Ottis J. Knippers, a singer-songwriter who served as a judge and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[4] Pace authored two musical textbooks.
Pace was also a music performer. In 1917, he joined the Vaughan Saxophone Quartet with Joe Allen, Ira Foust and William Burton Walbert.[5] From 1923 to the 1930s, Pace was a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, a band whose members included Walbert, Hilman Barnard and Otis Leon McCoy.[5]
Over the course of his career, he co-wrote nearly 4,000 Southern gospel songs, including Jesus Is All I Need, My Father Answers Prayers, The Homecoming Week, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, The Glad Reunion Day, Keep Holding On, The Happy Jubilee, and Peace, Sweet Peace.[2] With Benjamin Franklin White, he co-wrote Lone Pilgrim.[6]
Personal life, death and legacy edit
Pace married Johnnie Ryals. They had two sons and a daughter. They resided at 622 North Military Avenue in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.[2]
Pace died of a stroke on February 12, 1959, in Lawrenceburg, at age 76.[2] His piano is at the James D. Vaughan Memorial Museum in Lawrenceburg.[7][8]
Selected works edit
- Pace, Adger M. (1916). Pace's Modern Harmony and Voice-leading: A New and Complete System for the Study of Harmony and Composition, by Rules of Voice-leading, Simplified so the Student Can Learn the Art with or without a Teacher. Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: J. D. Vaughan. OCLC 39254590.
- Pace, Adger M. (1951). Vaughan's Up-to-date Rudiments and Music Reader. Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: James D. Vaughan. OCLC 3347969.
References edit
- ^ "Adger M. Pace". BBC Music. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Adger M. Pace Rites Sunday". The Tennessean. February 14, 1959. p. 14. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wolfe, Charles K. (1996). In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 106. ISBN 9780878058921. OCLC 34515439.
Adger Pace.
- ^ "Gospel Music". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. January 9, 1981. p. 44. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Goff, James R. (2002). Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780807853467. OCLC 469931653.
- ^ Obejas, Achy (June 9, 1995). "Multimedia piece an invention that doesn't always work". The Chicago Tribune. p. 28. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fun, Funky Tennessee Museums: Middle Tennessee: James D. Vaughan Memorial Museum". The Tennessean. August 28, 2005. p. D49. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lawrenceburg museum of gospel music to open". The Tennessean. September 3, 1999. p. 4. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.