{{short description|American jazz musician}} {{Infobox person | name = Frederic Hand | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1947 | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = classical guitarist and composer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Frederic Hand''' (born 1947) is a classical guitarist and composer.
==Career== A native of Brooklyn, New York, Hand was attracted to the music of Bill Evans, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis in his teens.<ref name="Rekas">{{cite book|last=Rekas|first=Stephen|title=Master Anthology of New Classic Guitar Solos, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZbal0JsEIgC&pg=PA62|date=24 May 2016|publisher=Mel Bay| isbn=978-1-61065-902-4| pages=62–}}</ref> Most of his career has been spent in classical music. He graduated from the Mannes School of Music, then studied in England with classical guitarist Julian Bream.<ref name="Official bio">{{cite web|title=Frederic Hand| url=http://www.frederichand.com/biography/|website=Frederic Hand|accessdate=15 November 2017}}</ref>
In 1984, Hand became guitarist and lutenist for the Metropolitan Opera, where he accompanied Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his composition, "Prayer". He was given the Samuel Sanders Award by the Classical Recording Foundation for his work with flautist Paula Robison. As a composer, his scores have been featured in the films ''This Boy's Life'', ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', and ''The Next Man'', as well as television programs ''Sesame Street'', ''As the World Turns'', and ''Guiding Light'', for which he won an Emmy Award in 1996.<ref name="Official bio" />
Hand has been chairman of the classical guitar departments at Bennington College and the State University of New York at Purchase and has taught at Mannes College. He has performed at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Marlboro Music Festival, and the Caramoor Festival, and with the New York Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic.<ref name="Official bio" />
==Discography== * ''Baroque and on the Street'' (CBS, 1981) * ''Trilogy The Guitar Music of Frederic Hand'' (Musicmasters, 1983) * ''Trilogy The Guitar Music of Frederic Hand'' (Musical Heritage Society, 1984) * ''Jazzantiqua'' (RCA, 1989) * ''Solos'' (Willow) * ''Heart's Song'' (MusicMasters, 1992) * ''Odyssey'' (Panoramic, 2016) * ''Across Time'' (New Focus Recordings, 2022)
'''With others''' * ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' (Sony) * ''Vivaldi Concerti & Other Works'', with Eliot Fisk (MusicMasters) * ''Some Towns and Cities'', with Benjamin Verdery (Newport Classic) * ''Diversions'', with Calliope (Summit) * ''The Last Romantic'', with Artie Traum (Narada) * ''Castles, Kirks, and Caves'', with Abby Newton * ''Places of the Spirit'', with Paula Robison (Pucker Art)<ref name="AM discog">{{cite web|title=Frederic Hand {{!}} Album Discography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/frederic-hand-mn0000189343/discography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=15 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Official discog">{{cite web|title=Discography|url=http://www.frederichand.com/discography/|website=Frederic Hand|accessdate=15 November 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.frederichand.com/ Official site]
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