William Grant Still (Composer)
Born: 11th May 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.A
Died: 3rd December 1978, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Nationality: American
William Grant Still Jr. was an American composer of nearly 200 works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, plus art songs, chamber music and works for solo instruments. Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and was a student of George Whitefield Chadwick and later, Edgard Varèse. Because of his close association and collaboration with prominent African-American literary and cultural figures, Still is considered to have been part of the Harlem Renaissance.
Often referred to as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers," Still was the first American composer to have an opera produced by the New York City Opera. Still is known primarily for his first symphony, Afro-American Symphony (1930), which was, until 1950, the most widely performed symphony composed by an American.
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- Sahdji (3)
- ‘The Blues' from Lenox Avenue (4)
- A Black Pierrot (from Songs of Separation) (1)
- A Deserted Plantation (3)
- Africa (6)
- American Suite (1)
- And They Lynched Him on a Tree (1)
- Arias (2) from Highway 1, U.S.A. (1)
- Cameos (2) (1)
- Can'tcha Line 'Em (1)
- Christmas in the Western World, 'Las Pascuas' (1)
- Cloud Cradles (No. 1 from Seven Traceries) (1)
- Danzas de Panama (6)
- Darker America (1)
- Dismal Swamp (1)
- Elegy (2)
- Ennanga (2)
- Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron (1)
- Festive Overture (1)
- Folk Suite No. 4 (2)
- From the Black Belt (1)
- Grief (1)
- Here's One (6)
- In Memoriam (1)
- Incantation and Dance (3)
- Kaintuck - Poem for Two Pianos (1)
- Land of Romance from Africa (1)
- Lenox Avenue (4)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (1)
- Lyric Quartette (2)
- Memphis Man (1)
- Miniatures (3)
- Mvt II from Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race) (1)
- Pastorela (3)
- Poem for Orchestra (1)
- Quit dat Fool'nish (2)
- Reverie (6)
- Romance (3)
- Romance for Saxophone & Piano (1)
- Serenade for Orchestra (2)
- Seven Traceries (4)
- Song for the Lonely (3)
- Songs of Separation (4)
- Suite for Violin and Piano (7)
- Summerland (4)
- Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) (1)
- Symphony No. 1 'Afro-American' (11)
- Symphony No. 2 in G minor 'Song of a New Race' (4)
- Symphony No. 3 (1)
- Symphony No. 4 ‘Autochthonous’ (1)
- Symphony No. 5 ‘Western Hemisphere’ (1)
- Three Visions (8)
- Threnody in Memory of Jean Sibelius (1)
- Vignettes (1)
- Wailing woman (1)
- What does he know of dreams? (from Highway 1, U.S.A) (1)
- Wood Notes (2)
- You're wonderful, Mary (from Highway 1, U.S.A.) (1)
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