William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895– December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets...
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William Still (1821–1902) was an abolitionist and member of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. William Still may also refer to: William Grant Still...
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The William Grant Still Arts Center is located at 2520 S West View Street in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1977, WGSAC has offered music and art...
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and her maternal grandparents were the African-American composer, William Grant Still; and the white Russian-Jewish pianist, Verna Arvey. Headlee graduated...
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Afro-American Symphony (redirect from Symphony No. 1 (Still))
"Afro-American" and Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, is a 1930 composition by William Grant Still, the first symphony written by an African American and performed...
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recorded it. The song has been called "the jazzman's Hamlet". Composer William Grant Still arranged a version of the song in 1916 while working with Handy....
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William Grant & Sons Ltd is an independent, family-owned Scottish company that distills Scotch whisky and other selected categories of spirits. It was...
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Highway 1, USA is an American opera in one act with music by William Grant Still and libretto by Verna Arvey. Originally composed during the 1940s with...
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who is best known for her musical collaborations with her husband William Grant Still, a musician and composer. Verna Arvey was born in Los Angeles, the...
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Lucia Dlugoszewski, André Jolivet, Colin McPhee, James Tenney, and William Grant Still. See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Edgard Varèse. Composers...
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Gottschalk, 1982 The Green Table, Fritz Cohen, 1932 La Guiablesse, William Grant Still, 1927 La Guirlande de Campra, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Jean-Yves...
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in 1924 with the Harlem Orchestra, and befriending the composer William Grant Still who played piano in the orchestra. In 1925, Dunbar moved to Paris...
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husband was a fellow teacher, William Grant Still. They married in 1894 and had a son, composer and conductor William Grant Still Jr. Her first husband died...
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center, on the southeast corner of Third Street and Fairfax Avenue. William Grant Still Residence, located at 1262 South Victoria Avenue; Los Angeles Historic-Cultural...
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composition in five movements composed in 1948 by American composer William Grant Still. The composition was originally created for trio (flute, oboe, and...
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American composer William Grant Still. The composition, exploring themes of sorrow, hope, and prayer, is a work derived from Still's studies with the modernist...
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Race", is a 1937 composition in four movements by American composer William Grant Still. The work was first performed on December 10, 1937, by the Philadelphia...
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Three Visions (redirect from Dark Horsemen (Still))
Summerland, for chamber orchestra, by American composer William Grant Still. According to Judith Anne Still, the composer's daughter, "The three segments of...
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1945 (rev 1970) composition in four movements by American composer William Grant Still. The work was first performed on November 9, 1970 by the Oberlin...
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"Autochthonous", is a 1947 composition in four movements by American composer William Grant Still. The work was first performed on March 18, 1951, by the Oklahoma...
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swing. It is cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 11765. Composer William Grant Still arranged a version of the song in 1916 while working with Handy.: 310 ...
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opening melody of the third movement of William Grant Still's Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American." In the 1920s, Still played in the pit orchestra for Shuffle...
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autonomy Symphony No. 4 (Still), also known as Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous", a 1947 composition by American composer William Grant Still. This disambiguation...
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playwright. She is best known for two collaborations with composer William Grant Still: And They Lynched Him on a Tree (1940) and Plain-Chant for America...
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Symphony", is a 1958 composition in four movements by American composer William Grant Still. The work was first performed on February 12, 1984 by the North Arkansas...
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Roll Morton Ma Rainey Noble Sissle Bessie Smith Victoria Spivey William Grant Still Fats Waller Ethel Waters Chick Webb Bert Williams Fess Williams Charles...
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Nana Bryant as Ethel Stevenson Henry Kolker as Henry Grant Leona Maricle as Agnes Grant William 'Billy' Benedict as Henry (uncredited) Writing for The...
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Sowande, Nigeria (1905–1987) William Grant Still, US (1895–1978) Howard Swanson, US (1907–1978) Billy Strayhorn (William Thomas Strayhorn), US (1917–1967)...
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works of J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, Mozart and Verdi; the art songs of William Grant Still, Undine Smith Moore, Fernando Obradors, Samuel Barber, Emmanuel Chabrier;...
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is a 1930 symphonic poem in three movements by American composer William Grant Still. The work, originally scored for chamber orchestra, was first performed...
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