Charles Henry Pace
Charles Henry Pace (August 4, 1886, Atlanta, GA – December 16, 1963, Pittsburgh, PA) was an American composer, publisher, and choral director of Christian music. At the age of 13, he relocated with his family to Chicago. There, he continued to study piano, and composed gospel songs and arranged spirituals for Beth Eden Baptist Church and for Liberty Baptist Church. In 1925, he founded Pace Jubilee Singers, a gospel group which recorded songs written by himself, Charles Albert Tindley, and others for Victor and for Brunswick Records 1926–1929. Thomas A. Dorsey briefly accompanied the group. In 1936, Pace moved to Pittsburgh, where he founded the Pace Gospel Choral Union: an ensemble of 25 singers, enlarged to around 300 on special occasions, which performed gospel songs and spirituals. African-American churches in Pittsburgh and its suburbs would raise funds by having the ensemble perform for them. He also founded two music publishing houses in Pittsburgh: Old Ship of Zion Music Company (1936–-51) and Charles H. Pace Music Publishers (1952–63), through which he published most of his 104 sacred compositions and arrangements and his 26 secular songs. Between 1941–45, Old Ship of Zion Music Company had 301 agents committed to selling its songs, and 2,511 direct mail order customers in the U.S.; making it one of the best-known publishers of gospel music in America. His gospel songs "are in the style of Tindley’s songs, with a verse-chorus structure, memorable melodies, and simple, effective harmonies". In a 1980 doctoral thesis for the University of Pittsburgh, Mary Tyler divided his 104 gospel songs into five categories: (1) personal testimonies, (2) questioning belief and introspection, (3) scriptural messages, (4) dialogue with God, and (5) personal counsel to listeners. His archives are preserved at the University of Pittsburgh. Some sources confuse or conflate him with Harry Pace (Harry Herbert Pace, 1884–1943), American music publisher and insurance executive, founder of Black Swan Records. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 4, 1886 (Atlanta), Died December 16, 1963
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: choral director, arranger, composer, vocalist, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 36 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-36426 | 10-in. | 9/28/1926 | Testimonial meeting | Rev. Mose Doolittle | Sermon, with vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36427 | 10-in. | 9/28/1926 | Get on board | Rev. Mose Doolittle | Sermon, with vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | BVE-46029 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | What a friend | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46030 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | Nothing between | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46031 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | Ezekial saw de wheel | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46032 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | Stand by me | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46033 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | Leave it there | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46034 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | Old-time religion | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46035 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | When the saints go marching in | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46036 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | Seek and you shall find | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46057 | 10-in. | 7/5/1928 | My lord's going to move this wicked race | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46058 | 10-in. | 7/5/1928 | Roll, Jordan roll | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46059 | 10-in. | 7/5/1928 | Everytime I feel the spirit | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-46060 | 10-in. | 7/5/1928 | I'm going to do all I can for my Lord | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48628 | 10-in. | 11/27/1928 | You're going to leave the old home, Jim | Eva Parker | Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and guitar | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48629 | 10-in. | 11/27/1928 | Careless love | Eva Parker | Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and guitar | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48833 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | Steal away and pray | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48834 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | The haven of rest | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48835 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | In that city | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48836 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | No night there | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48837 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | I've done my work | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48838 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | My task | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48839 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | It pays to serve Jesus | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-48840 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | I'll be satisfied | Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano | choral director | |
Victor | BVE-57321 | 10-in. | 10/25/1929 | It is well with my soul | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pace, Charles Henry," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100565.
Pace, Charles Henry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100565.
"Pace, Charles Henry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Pace, Charles Henry, 1886-1963 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002068533
Wikidata: Charles Henry Pace - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21070017
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