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William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895– December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, art songs, chamber music, and solo works.
May 9, 2024 · William Grant Still (born May 11, 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, California) was an American composer and conductor and the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.
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Oct 16, 2020 · Learn about the life and music of William Grant Still, the first African American composer to have an opera and a symphony performed by major US orchestras. Discover how he incorporated folk and jazz influences into his works and championed Black culture in classical music.
Learn about the life and legacy of William Grant Still, the first African American composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. Explore how he navigated the racial challenges of the Jim Crow era and the paradigm of racial uplift in classical music.
Feb 13, 2019 · Feb. 13, 2019 10 AM PT. William Grant Still’s ancestors were plantation slaves, working the fields of Mississippi, far from the concert stages of New York and Los Angeles, where he would rise as...
May 17, 2018 · William Grant Still. William Grant Still (1895-1978) has been called the dean of African American composers. Throughout his distinguished career he composed in many styles, frequently utilizing black motifs. William Grant Still was born in Woodville, Mississippi.
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