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William Grant Still (11 May 1895 - 03 Dec 1978)

Male Person - United States

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still 1996
  2. Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still 24 Jul 2018

Relationships (3)

Teachers

  1. George Whitefield Chadwick
  2. Edgard Varèse

Married

  1. Verna Arvey (1939 - 03 Dec 1978)

Recordings by (22)

  1. Mother and Child 6:10 (05 Oct 2018)
  2. Symphony no. 1 'Afro-American': I. Moderato assai 7:24 (04 Jan 2019)
  3. Symphony no. 1 'Afro-American': II. Adagio 5:07 (04 Jan 2019)
  4. Symphony no. 1 'Afro-American': III. Animato 3:28 (04 Jan 2019)
  5. Symphony no. 1 'Afro-American': IV. Lento con risolutione 8:38 (04 Jan 2019)
  6. Highway 1, U.S.A.: What Does He Know of Dreams? 1:51 (04 Jan 2019)
  7. Highway 1, U.S.A.: You’re Wonderful, Mary 1:59 (04 Jan 2019)
  8. Afro-American Symphony (No.1): I. Moderato assai 7:24 (18 Jan 2019)
  9. Afro-American Symphony (No.1): II. Adagio 5:07 (18 Jan 2019)
  10. Afro-American Symphony (No.1): III. Animato 3:28 (18 Jan 2019)
  11. Afro-American Symphony (No.1): IV. Lento con risoluzione 8:38 (18 Jan 2019)
  12. 2 Arias from Highway 1, U.S.A.: I. What Does He Know of Dreams? 1:51 (18 Jan 2019)
  13. 2 Arias from Highway 1, U.S.A.: II. You're Wonderful, Mary 1:59 (18 Jan 2019)
  14. Sahdji 20:45 (18 Jan 2019)
  15. Suite for Violin and Piano: I. African Dancer 4:42 (05 Apr 2024)
  16. Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child 7:19 (05 Apr 2024)
  17. Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin 2:13 (05 Apr 2024)
  18. Afro-American Symphony: III. - Part 1/5 0:12 ()
  19. Afro-American Symphony: III. - Part 2/5 0:14 ()
  20. Afro-American Symphony: III. - Part 3/5 0:55 ()
  21. Afro-American Symphony: III. - Part 4/5 1:14 ()
  22. Afro-American Symphony: III. - Part 5/5 0:27 ()

On Recordings (4)

Conducted

  1. Lenox Avenue 21:38 Los Angeles WPA Symphony Orchestra, William Grant Still (24 Jul 2018)

Instruments

  1. There Ain't No Nothin' (Gonna Take the Place of You) 3:14 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1994) alto saxophone
  2. Pretty Ways 2:57 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1994) alto saxophone

Orchestrated

  1. Yamekraw 20:42 Marcus Roberts, Members of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (1996)

Credited as (20)

  1. William Grant Still
  2. William Grant Still, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  3. William Grant Still, William Levi Dawson, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  4. William Grant Still; Denver Oldham
  5. William Grant Still, Amy Beach; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger
  6. William Grant Still; Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter
  7. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Fela Sowande, William Grant Still; Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman
  8. William Grant Still arr. Louis Kaufman
  9. Florence Price arr. William Grant Still
  10. William Grant Still; Oregon String Quartet, Victor Steinhardt, Fritz Gearhart
  11. William Grant Still; Mark Boozer
  12. Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Ed Bland; Althea Waites
  13. Still; The Philharmonic‐Symphony Orchestra of New York, Pierre Monteaux
  14. William Grant Still; Zina Schiff, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg
  15. Los Angeles WPA Symphony Orchestra, William Grant Still
  16. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still; Catalyst Quartet
  17. Paul Freeman, William Grant Still, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor & London Symphony Orchestra
  18. William Levi Dawson,George Walker,William Grant Still;Kellen Gray,Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  19. William Grant Still, Joshua Weilerstein & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
  20. William Grant Still; Neeme Järvi & Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Works (159)

Composed

  1. Africa: I. Land of Peace (1930)
  2. Africa: III. Land of Superstition (1930)
  3. Africa: II. Land of Romance (1930)
  4. Africa (1930)
  5. Africa (1930)
  6. Africa: I. Land of Peace (1930)
  7. Africa: II. Land of Romance (1930)
  8. Africa: III. Land of Superstition (1930)
  9. Symphony no. 1 “Afro-American”: II. Adagio (1930)
  10. Symphony no. 1 “Afro-American”: I. Moderato assai (1930)
  11. Symphony no. 1 “Afro-American”: III. Animato (1930)
  12. Symphony no. 1 “Afro-American” (1930)
  13. Symphony no. 1 “Afro-American”: IV. Lento, con risoluzione (1930)
  14. A Deserted Plantation (1933)
  15. A Deserted Plantation: I. Spiritual (1933)
  16. A Deserted Plantation: II. Young Missy (1933)
  17. A Deserted Plantation: III. Dance (1933)
  18. Three Visions: I. Dark Horsemen (1936)
  19. Three Visions: II. Summerland (1936)
  20. Three Visions: III. Radiant Pinnacle (1936)
  21. Blues from "Lenox Avenue" (1936)
  22. Blues from "Lenox Avenue" (1936)
  23. Three Visions (1936)
  24. Symphony no. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race”: II. Slowly and deeply expressive (1937)
  25. Symphony no. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race” (1937)
  26. Symphony no. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race”: I. Slowly (1937)
  27. Symphony no. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race”: III. Moderately fast (1937)
  28. Symphony no. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race”: IV. Moderately slow (1937)
  29. The House Rent Party (1937)
  30. Lenox Avenue (1937)
  31. Swanee River (1939)
  32. Seven Traceries: I. Cloud Cradles (1939)
  33. Seven Traceries: II. Mystic Pool (1939)
  34. Seven Traceries: III. Muted Laughter (1939)
  35. Seven Traceries: IV. Out of the Silence (1939)
  36. Seven Traceries: V. Woven Silver (1939)
  37. Seven Traceries: VI. Wailing Dawn (1939)
  38. Seven Traceries: VII. A Bit of Wit (1939)
  39. Seven Traceries (1939)
  40. Can’t You Line ’Em (1940)
  41. Old California (1941)
  42. Incantation and Dance (1942)
  43. In Memoriam (1943)
  44. Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child (1943)
  45. Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin (1943)
  46. Suite for Violin and Piano (1943)
  47. Suite for Violin and Piano: I. African Dancer (1943)
  48. Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child (1943)
  49. Suite for Violin and Piano: I. African Dancer (1943)
  50. Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin (1943)
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104107
  2. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL50143A
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13939152f
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83017389
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83017389
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w60r9r0x
  7. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=506039
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119400693

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/897487

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000361592

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830238/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/116271872

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397729

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0KkJoXozXmbRdmpy7zCmYA