
William Grant Still
About William Grant Still
William Grant Still, (born May 11, 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, California), American composer and conductor and the first African American 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 first symphony, Afro-American Symphony (1931). Still was brought up by his mother and grandmother in Little Rock
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3 Visions: No. 2, Summerland
Three Visions: II. Summerland
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Sorrow (Adagio)
3 Visions: No. 2. Summerland
Africa: Land of Romance
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": I. Longing (Moderato assai)
Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": III. Humor (Animato)
Prince and the Mermaid Suite: II. Waltz
In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": II. Slowly and deeply expressive
III. Land of Superstition
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": IV. Aspiration (Lento, con risoluzione)
Summerland
Wood Notes: IV. Whippoorwill's Shoes: Humorously
In memoriam, "The Colored Soldiers who Died for Democracy": In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
Wood Notes: II. Autumn Night: Lightly
3 Visions: II. Summerland
Africa: Land of Peace
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": IV. Moderately slow
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": IV. Lento, Con Risoluzione
Suite for Violin and Piano: III.
Wood Notes: I. Singing River: Moderately slow
Suite For Violin And Piano: II. Mother And Child
Afro-American Symphony: I. Moderato assai
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": I. Slowly
Symphony No. 4, "Autochthonous": III. With a graceful lilt
Africa: Land of Superstition
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": I. Moderato Assai
Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin
Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony": II. Prayer: Very Slowly
3 Visions: I. Dark Horsemen
American Suite: II. Danse
Suite for Violin and Piano: I. African Dancer
Danzas de Panama: I. Tamborito
Christmas in the Western World, "Las Pascuas" (arr. G. Kostraba): No. 2. Ven, Nino Divino (Nicaragua)
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": III. Moderately fast
Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony": III. Relaxation: Gaily
Afro-American Symphony: I. Moderato Assai - Longing
Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One
Lyric Quartette: I. The Sentimental One
Danzas de Panama: IV. Cumbia y Congo
Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous": I. Moderately fast
Serenade for Orchestra
Danzas de Panama (version for string quartet): No. 4. Cumbia y Congo
Kaintuck'
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" (1969 revision): I. Moderato assai "Longing"
Songs of Separation: A Black Pierrot
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": III. Animato
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Adagio
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