William Hall was born in Tarrytown, New York on May 13, 1796. He learned the trade of manufacturing musical instruments and in 1821 formed a partnership in New York with John Firth (1789-1864) under the firm name of Firth & Hall. In 1833 Sylvanus Billings Pond (1792-1871) was admitted into partnership and the firm was renamed Firth, Hall & Pond. In 1847 Hall left that firm and with his son James F. Hall formed William Hall & Son. James withdrew from the firm in 1870 to join the army. William Hall died on May 3, 1874 and his firm was acquired by Oliver Ditson & Co. of Boston. In addition to publishing and selling sheet music William Hall & Son manufactured and sold pianos, organs, melodeons, guitars, and woodwind instruments.
Plate numbers for William Hall & Son were issued in a fairly regular chronological fashion in the format of ####.
| Plate |
Composer |
Work |
Year
|
| 0025 |
Ržiha |
Sounds from the Heart |
1848
|
| 0041 |
Grube |
Viola Waltz |
1848
|
| 0072 |
Saroni |
Our Childhood's Home |
1848
|
| 0130–131 |
La Hache |
2 Polkas brillantes, Op.24 (nos.2, 1) |
1848
|
| 0191 |
Beethoven |
7 Bagatelles, Op.33 (No.4 arr. by Thomas Moore) |
|
| 0196 |
Ržiha |
Eldorada Polka |
1848
|
| 0216 |
Strakosch |
Postillion Polka |
1848
|
| 0247 |
Strakosch |
Souvenir du lac de Como |
1848
|
| 0366 |
Hodges |
Friendship's Diadem |
1849
|
| 0468 |
Grube |
Romanesca Polka |
1849
|
| 0545 |
Meyer |
Le Carnaval de Venise, Op.31 |
1849
|
| 0476 |
Strakosch |
La Sylphide, Fantaisie Romantique |
1849
|
| 0580 |
Blessner |
Empire State Quick Step |
1850
|
| 0582 |
Grube |
Georgia Waltz |
1850
|
| 0592 |
Albert |
Coquette |
|
| 0665 |
Wallace |
Innocence |
1850
|
| 0814 |
Wallace |
Mélodie irlandaise, Op.53 |
1850
|
| 0872 |
Strakosch |
La Melancholie |
1850
|
| 0881 |
Dodworth |
Ogden Polka arr. Piano Duet by Dyer |
1850
|
| 0960 |
Wallace |
Night Winds |
1851
|
| 0973 |
Dressler |
Champaigne Schottisch, Op.12 |
1851
|
| 1025 |
Wallace |
The World's Fair Polka |
1851
|
| 1046 |
Wallace |
The World's Fair Polka (arr. piano 4 hands by Dressler) |
1851
|
| 1048 |
Wallace |
Fantasie on 'The Low Back'd Car' |
1851
|
| 1077 |
Wallace |
Marche militaire |
1851
|
| 1088 |
Wallace |
Alpine Melody |
1851
|
| 1109 |
Beyer |
Miss Lucy Long |
1851
|
| 1208 |
Barker |
Mary Avourneen (voice/gtr arr. by Dressler) |
1851
|
| 1276 |
La Hache |
Temptation Polka, Op.47 |
1851
|
| 1315 |
Dressler |
Scraps of Melody for Young Pianists, Op.23 (no.5) |
1851
|
| 1400 |
Dudgeon |
The Flowing River, a waltz |
1851
|
| 1406 |
Dressler |
Scraps of Melody for Young Pianists, Op.23 (no.17) |
1852
|
| 1408 |
Dodworth |
An Original Gorlitza |
1851
|
| 1482 |
Albert |
Coquette (William Dressler ed.) |
1852
|
| 1831 |
Wallace |
Fantasie elegante sur des themes de 'Don Pasquale' |
1852
|
| 1846 |
Barker |
The Haunted Stream (voice and guitar) |
1852
|
| 1854 |
Barker |
Lucy Gray (voice/gtr arr. by Dressler) |
1852
|
| 1858 |
Strakosch |
The Magyar Polka |
1852
|
| 1871 |
Strakosch |
Premier Amour |
1852
|
| 1896 |
Strakosch |
Yankee Doodle, Concert Variations |
1852
|
| 1977 |
Wallace |
Grande Polka de Concert No.2, Op.68 |
1852
|
| 2013 |
Dressler |
Fire-Fly Fantasie and Variations, Op.52 |
1852
|
| 2039 |
Wallace |
Rosebud Polka |
1852
|
| 2043 |
Strakosch |
The Nightingale |
1852
|
| 2046 |
Dressler |
Alboni Schottisch, Op.36 |
1852
|
| 2093 |
Wallace |
Evening Star Schottische |
1852
|
| 2102 |
Paganini |
La Streghe, Op.8 (arr. for piano by W.V. Wallace) |
1852
|
| 2115 |
Wallace |
Adieu, Dear Native Land |
1852
|
| 2117 |
Pychowski |
Festival March in E-flat major (arr. for Percussion, Violin, Cello, and Piano) |
1852
|
| 2260 |
Wallace |
The Lotus Leaf |
1853
|
| 2284 |
Strakosch |
Oleona, Barcarole |
1853
|
| 2271 |
Wallace |
2 valses espagnoles |
1853
|
| 2274 |
Wallace |
Winter Polka |
1853
|
| 2326 |
Wallace |
L'heliotrope valse |
1853
|
| 2336 |
Wallace |
6 Etudes de Salon, Op.77 (No.2) |
1853
|
| 2445 |
Wallace |
6 Etudes de Salon, Op.77 (No.3) |
1853
|
| 2468 |
Wallace |
Evening Star Schottische (4h. arr. by Dressler) |
1853
|
| 2513 |
Wallace |
The Invitation Polka |
1853
|
| 2652 |
Eckert |
Balbina |
1853
|
| 2668 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Otello |
1853
|
| 2669 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Martha |
1853
|
| 2672 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Stradella |
1853
|
| 2673 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Zauber Flöte |
1853
|
| 2722 |
Pychowski |
Impromptu champêtre, Op.39 |
1854
|
| 2762 |
Strakosch |
Caprice Russe |
1854
|
| 2770 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Il Don Giovani |
1854
|
| 2807 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Lucia di Lammermoor |
1854
|
| 2816 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Ernani |
1854
|
| 2817 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Norma |
1854
|
| 2819 |
Wallace |
First Love Schottisch |
1854
|
| 2912 |
Wallace |
The Angler's Polka |
1854
|
| 2916 |
Pychowski |
Sentiments of Youth, Op.34 |
1854
|
| 2961 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Fra Diavolo |
1854
|
| 2978 |
Wallace |
Souvenir de Naples |
1854
|
| 2985 |
Wallace |
Farewell Schottisch |
1854
|
| 2990 |
Wallace |
Psalm 100 |
1854
|
| 3003 |
Wallace |
Grande Polka de Concert No.3, Op.72 |
1854
|
| 3067 |
Wallace |
6 Etudes de Salon, Op.77 (No.4) |
1854
|
| 3127 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Maritana |
1854
|
| 3129 |
Wallace |
Tremolo Schottisch |
1855
|
| 3130 |
Wallace |
24 Preludes and Scales |
1855
|
| 3179 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera Der Freyschütz |
1855
|
| 3182 |
Wallace |
Fantasie de salon sur l'opera La somnambula |
1855
|
| 3250 |
Verdi |
Rigoletto (La donna e mobile arr. W.V. Wallace) |
1855
|
| 3345 |
Gottschalk |
The Banjo, Op.15 |
1855
|
| 3352 |
Wallace |
Good Night and Pleasant Dreams, Tyrolien |
1855
|
| 3442 |
Gottschalk |
Jérusalem, Op.13 |
1855
|
| 3443 |
Gottschalk |
Souvenirs d'Andalousie, Op.22 |
1855
|
| 3445 |
Gottschalk |
La Jota Aragonesa, Op.14 |
1855
|
| 3495 |
Eisfeld |
Polacca de Concert in B-flat major |
1855
|
| 3503 |
Wallace |
Forget Me Not |
1856
|
| 3512 |
Wallace |
Eugenie |
1856
|
| 3513 |
Wallace |
Roslyn Castle |
1856
|
| 3528 |
Gottschalk |
Marche de Nuit, Op.17 |
1856
|
| 3576 |
Mason |
Etude de Concert, Op.9 |
1856
|
| 3700 |
Wallace |
The Winds that Waft My Sighs to Thee (E maj. version) |
1856
|
| 3857 |
Vieuxtemps |
3 Fantasias on Themes from Verdi Operas, Op.29 (no.1 pf4h, WV Wallace) |
1857
|
| 3929 |
Wallace |
Variations brillantes |
1857
|
| 3940 |
Wallace |
Fantasie brillante sur l'opera de Verdi, La traviata |
1857
|
| 4033 |
Gottschalk |
Chant du Soldat, Op.23 |
1857
|
| 4110 |
Gottschalk |
Sospiro, Op.24 |
1857
|
| 4113 |
Gottschalk |
Ricordati, Op.26 |
1857
|
| 4136 |
Gottschalk |
Reflets du passé, Op.28 |
1858
|
| 4137 |
Gottschalk |
Apothéose, Op.29 |
1858
|
| 4529 |
Brown |
Ever of Thee |
1860
|
| 4576 |
Gottschalk |
Jeunesse, Op.70 |
1860
|
| 4577 |
Gottschalk |
God Save the Queen, Op.41 |
(1860)
|
| 4578 |
Gottschalk |
Printemps d'Amour, Op.40 |
1860
|
| 4585 |
Gottschalk |
Souvenir des Ardennes |
1860
|
| 4592 |
Gottschalk |
Ojos criollos, Op.37 |
1860
|
| 4638 |
Gottschalk |
Polonia, Op.43 |
1861
|
| 4688 |
Gottschalk |
Murmures éoliens, Op.46 |
1862
|
| 6000 |
Rossini |
Guillaume Tell (overture arr. piano 4-hands Gottschalk) |
1864
|
| 6499 |
Gottschalk |
Impromptu, Op.54 |
1869
|
| 6519 |
Gottschalk |
Marche Funèbre |
1870
|
| 6539 |
Bassford |
Cassilda (no.16) |
1870
|
| 6554, 6556–6558 |
Bristow |
Rip Van Winkle, Op.22 (Some excerpts from 1855 version - Act 1, Sc. 1, others) |
1870
|
| 6568 |
Gottschalk |
La Favorita, Op.68 |
1871
|
| 6608 |
Sloper |
Fantasie on the Opera Zampa |
1872
|
| 6620 |
Bristow |
Rip Van Winkle, Op.22 (Act 3, Sc.1) |
1872
|
| 6737 |
Levy |
Adelina Waltzes |
1876
|
