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William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) by Michael J. Dabrishus, Carolyn Quin, et all 1996-08-30
William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions (Music of the African Diaspora) by Catherine Parsons Smith, 2000-03-30
William Grant Still: African-American Composer (Modern Music Masters) by Catherine Reef, 2003-05
I Dream a World: The Operas of William Grant Still by Beverly Soll, 2005-04-01
William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music by Judith Anne Still, 1995-11
William Grant Still (American Composers) by Catherine Parsons Smith, 2008-07-03
In One Lifetime: A Biography of William Grant Still by Verna Arvey, 1989-01
The William Grant Still reader: Essays on American music (Black sacred music) by William Grant Still, 1992
William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music. by William Grant]. Hass, Robert Bartlett. ed. [STILL, 1972-01-01
STILL, WILLIAM GRANT: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed.</i> by Lucius Wyatt, 2006
William Grant Still
Just Tell the Story: Troubled Island: A Collection of Documents Previously Published and Unpublished, Pertaining to the First Significant A
Fifty years of progress in music by William Grant Still, 1950
Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet by William Grant; Adam Lesnick (arr. by) Still, 1996-01-01

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William Grant Still - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
William Grant Still was born in Woodville, Mississippi. His parents were teachers and musicians. They were of mixed origin AfricanAmerican,
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Extractions: Jump to: navigation search William Grant Still William Grant Still May 11 December 3 ) was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions. He was the first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony of his own (his first symphony) performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera performed on national television. He is often referred to as "the dean" of African-American composers. William Grant Still was born in Woodville, Mississippi . His parents were teachers and musicians. They were of mixed origin: African-American, Native American , Spanish and Anglo (Scots-Irish). His father died when William was a few months old and his mother took him to Little Rock, Arkansas where she taught high school English. He grew up in Little Rock and took
William Grant Still Biography. Download Classical Music By William Grant Still
William Grant Still (1895 1978) Classical music and classical hit collection. Compilations of William Grant Still classics and listen to its finest
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Extractions: Naxos Worldwide Sites: Choose Country Global Site Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan Korea New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA E-mail Password New Releases Artists Composers Labels ... S William Grant Still is one of the most esteemed of all African American composers. One of his cultural heroes was Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the brilliant Afro-British composer whose three visits to the United States helped lay the foundation for the Harlem Renaissance. A young Still wished to imitate Coleridge- Taylor, even attempting to train his hair to grow in a similar fashion. His mothers hopes for her sons professional career lost out in his college days to his ardent love of music. He had a variety of experiences by 1930, including editorial work for W. C. Handy, arranging for jazz ensembles, and performance as a pit musician. This was the year that he addressed the goals of the Harlem Renaissance by the idealisation of the folkloric with his first symphony.
William Grant Still -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on William Grant Still American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony
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American Composer Series #3 - William Grant Still
William Grant Still has come to be known as the Dean of African American composers. Find out why in this biographical article.
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Extractions: GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-7332027313721357", "com_music_top_ATF_468x060"); GA_googleAddAttr("language", "com"); GA_googleAddAttr("section", "music"); GA_googleAddAttr("category", "music_hist"); hiring freelance writers today's articles sign in Home ... Music History American Composer Series #3 - William Grant Still Brad Foust Articles in this Topic Discussions in this Topic Jul 17, 2000 America has produced composers from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds, and William Grant Still (1895-1978) is considered by many to be the 'Dean of African-American Composers.' Still was born in Woodville, Mississippi to two successful teachers. His father died when he was only three months old, but his mother remarried a few years later, and her husband was a lover of music and literature. It is from his stepfather that Still learned to also love music, and this influence would prove to shape the course of his life. Still was a bright student, and was the valedictorian of his 1911 high school class. When his mother suggested that he attend Wilberforce College in Ohio to pursue a career in medicine, he agreed. However, the urge to perform and compose music proved to be too great, and he left Wilberforce in 1916 to arrange music for W.C. Handy. During his stint with Handy, he also studied at Oberlin College. The 1920's found Still involved in all aspects of musical life. He settled in New York, where he played in pit orchestras for musicals and dance productions. In 1922, he also began studying composition with George Whitfield Chadwick, and in 1923 with Edgard Varese. During this time, Still was composing, and the first large-scale piece to be recognized was the 'Afro-American Symphony' (1931), which is still his best-known work. Still went on to compose such pieces as the ballet 'Lenox Avenue' (1936), 'And They Lynched Him on a Tree' (1940), 'A Bayou Legend' (1940), and the opera 'Troubled Island' (1941), which dealt with the slave rebellion in Haiti.
William Grant Still - Britannica Concise
Still, William Grant American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.
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Extractions: Print Article Email Article Cite Article U.S. composer. . In the 1920s he worked as an arranger for the dance-band leader Paul Whiteman and for the blues composer W.C. Handy . Still's early style was avant-garde ( From the Black Belt , 1926), but from c. 1930 he sought to develop a distinctive African American art music in five symphonies (including his Afro-American Symphony , 1931), ballets, operas, and choral and solo vocal works. document.writeln(AAMB2); More on "William Grant Still" from Britannica Concise Ohio - State (pop., 2000: 11,353,140), U.S., north-central region. More on "William Grant Still" from the 32 Volume Still, William Grant - American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. Though a prolific composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, and other works, he was best known for his Afro-American Symphony (1931). Taft, William Howard
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Gloria N Cielo (chorus part) Arranged by William Grant Still. Unison Chorus with Trumpet. Chamber Music. Solo Recital Repertoire. Medieval.
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William Grant Still, African American Composer, Arranger & Oboist
william grant still (18951978) was an African American composer, jazz arranger, oboist and conductor. His Afro-American Symphony is one of the best known
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To obtain performing editions of works by william grant still, contact william grant still Music at 809 W. Riordan Rd., Ste. 100, Box 109, Flagstaff,
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Extractions: Further information To obtain performing editions of works by William Grant Still, contact William Grant Still Music at 809 W. Riordan Rd., Ste. 100, Box 109, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001 (phone: 928-526-9355; fax: 928-526-0321). To find out more about the materials in the Duke University Special Collections Library , contact the library's Research Services staff.
William Grant Still, Musician From Woodville, Mississippi.
william grant still, a musician and composer born in Woodville, Mississippi, was the first AfricanAmerican composer to attain worldwide recognition.
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Extractions: by Joni Etta Boyd (SHS) On May 11, 1895, William Grant Still was born in Woodville, Mississippi . Still, a musical legend of the 1900's, created a beat of his own in the music world. This musician, composer, and instrumentalist was blessed with more fame than any other African-American of his time. Although blacks were not prominent in the musical world in the 1900's, he overcame the discrimination and transcended many other obstacles in his own way to become an important composer of the twentieth century. Carrie Still knew her son had a musical gift after he began to make toy violins at a young age. She then decided to pay for him to take violin lessons (Sewell and Dwight 286). Still began writing music at age sixteen (Verongos). He was very intelligent in high school, graduating as valedictorian in 1911 (Sewell and Dwight 287). Still's goals were high. Thinking only of music, Still set out to achieve his goal of becoming an accomplished African-American musician. His mother supported her son's decisions. However, she knew African-Americans did not often succeed in the music industry. Her good sense and determination strongly influenced Still's life (Sewell and Dwight 286). Taking his mother's advice, William attended Wilberforce University in Ohio to major in science (Sewell and Dwight 287).
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Biographical Notes
Long known as the Dean of American Negro Composers, as well as one of Americas foremost composers, william grant still has had the distinction of becoming
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Extractions: Long known as the "Dean of American Negro Composers," as well as one of Americas foremost composers, William Grant Still has had the distinction of becoming a legend in his own lifetime. On May 11, 1895, he was born in Woodville (Wilkinson County) Mississippi, to parents who were teachers and musicians. They were of Negro, Indian, Spanish, Irish and Scotch bloods. When William was only a few months old, his father died and his mother took him to Little Rock, Arkansas, where she taught English in the high school. There his musical education beganwith violin lessons from a private teacher, and with later inspiration from the Red Seal operatic recordings bought for him by his stepfather.
William Grant Still
One of America s most important early black composers, william grant still s music is currently undergoing a minor revival.
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African American Music Collection: The Interviews
Mrs. still it will be a william grant still collection in the library. How can I become the best of myself and be like william grant still.
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Extractions: Still They showed what the young people are contributing and what they have gained in their studies. They came through with flying colors. Those kids are certainly well trained. The conducting was good and on the whole, it was a very fine program. S All right, Dr. Still, could you tell us something about your early life, where you were born, something about your parents and your brothers and/or sisters? Still I was born in Mudville, Miss., May 11, 1895. Both my mother and father were teachers and after they married they moved to Woodville Miss. They had lived before in Huntsville Alabama, and both of them taught at normal school there. Mr. Konsel, I think, was the head of the school. Then they moved, both my mother and my father, they married and moved to Woodville. Now, it was a fortunate thing for me that they were both interested in things, reading books is more or less of a nature whose function it is to teach young people new things. S How many children were there in the family?
Drop Me Off In Harlem
A man of many talents, william grant still renounced his medical studies to pursue a career in music. He taught himself to play every instrument in the
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Extractions: and is a member of the MarcoPolo Partnership A man of many talents, William Grant Still renounced his medical studies to pursue a career in music. He taught himself to play every instrument in the orchestra, from violin to cello and from oboe to saxophone. The scale of his musical knowledge paved the way for Still to become a skilled and prolific composer. In 1931, with the premiere performance of Still's Afro-American Symphony , he became the first African-American composer to write a symphony performed by an American orchestra. Over the next 20 years, 38 orchestras in the United States and Europe would have the honor of playing Afro-American Symphony Still is best known as a composer, but he played a range of other roles in the music industry. In 1916, for example, he served as an arranger for blues musician W. C. Handy. In New York, Still played alongside jazz greats Fletcher Henderson and James P. Johnson in the Harlem Symphony. He later was named music director of the Black Swan jazz label, a subsidiary of Harry Pace's Phonograph Company, which billed itself as "The Only Genuine Colored Record."
William Grant Still â Infoplease.com
Related content from HighBeam Research on william grant still. Current research twelve years after the william grant still centennial.
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William Grant Still, Composer
william grant still was the son of a bandmaster. After william s father died, his mother moved the family to Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Art Song Alliance: William Grant Still
Excerpt of an extended essay on AfricanAmerican contributions to the genre by Darryl Taylor.
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Extractions: b. 1895-1978 This setting of five songs by various Black poets (Bontemps, Philippe Thoby Marcelin, Dunbar, Cullen, and Hughes; all are African-American with the exception of Marcelin, who is Haitian) was published in 1949 by Leeds Music Corporation. It is now available through William Grant Still Music, Flagstaff, Arizona. It can be performed by medium high voices; a male voice may be preferable. William Grant Still is recognized as one of the great American composers. His compostional output encompasses all forms, including twenty-five or more works for large orchestra, five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, eight larger works for voice and orchestra, more than a dozen chamber compositions, many pieces for keyboard and accordion, art songs, music for radio groups and soundtracks of films and television. Among his best known works: Afro-American Symphony Songs of Separation Plainchant for America Seven Traceries, The Little Song that wanted to be a Symphony
Univ. Of Arkansas, Fayetteville: WILLIAM GRANT STILL & VERNA ARVEY
Short biographies of the composer and his pianist wife with details about the collection and its availability to scholars from the University of Arkansas,
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Extractions: Return to University of Arkansas Libraries Home Page William Grant Still was born on May 11, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi, to William Grant Still, Sr. and Carrie Lena Fambro. Before he was a year old, Still's father died, and his widowed mother arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas, with "Babe Will" to be with her mother, Anne Fambro. Carrie Still taught English in the Little Rock schools, and she did eventually remarry; Charles B. Shepperson, a railway postal clerk, became Still's stepfather. Still's early years were influenced by his mother's discipline and love of learning, his maternal grandmother's singing of Negro spirituals, and his stepfather's collection of Red Seal phonographs. After graduating as valedictorian in his high school class, Still enrolled in Wilberforce University in 1911 in the Bachelor of Science degree program. Although his grades were above average, Still spent much of his time playing and directing the band, performing with the Wilberforce string quartet, and perusing Carl Fischer catalogues. Leaving Wilberforce before graduation, William Grant Still received a broad musical education that included arranging for Paul Whiteman and Artie Shaw, performing in the bands of W.C. Handy and the "Shuffle Along" band of Eubie Blake, and working in the Pace and Handy Music Publishing Company, as well as studying composition at Oberlin College, at the New England Conservatory with George Whitefield Chadwick, and with Edgar Varese.
African American Registry: William Grant Still, A Symphonic Composer!
On this date, william grant still was born in 1895. From Woodville, Mississippi and reared in Little Rock, Arkansas; he was an AfricanAmerican composer and
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Extractions: William Grant Still and his first wife Grace Bundy had four children. Still took a break from his musical studies at Oberlin during World War I to join the Navy. At this time the only job available to African-Americans in the Navy was mess attendant. Yet, despite this discriminatory treatment, he and many other African-Americans chose to reinforce their claim on democracy and freedom and fight for liberty overseas, although they did not have full freedom at home. During his tour of duty, he was relieved of some of his mess responsibilities to perform for officers' meals after it was discovered that he could play the violin. Still was the first African-American to conduct a major symphony orchestra, the first African-American to have an opera, Troubled Island (1949), performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera, A Bayou Legend, performed on national television (1981). The period from 1926 to the early 1940s was Still's most prolific. During this time he wrote Levee Land (1925); a suite for orchestra and soprano that combines traditional western musical elements with jazz; From the Black Belt (1926); a work for chamber orchestra based on seven short character sketches; Sahdji (1930); a choral ballet based on an African story, and Afro-American Symphony.

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