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