William Grant Still
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Vinony's link graph records 218 inbound references to William Grant Still, and connects out to Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, family and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1895 births, 1978 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1978
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Six of the twelve Negro spirituals
- The life of William Grant Still
- A birthday offering to William Grant Still upon the occasion of his eightieth anniversary
- Afro-American symphony
- The music of William Grant Still
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1895-05-11
- Active to
- 1978-12-03
Discography
- Old California1945
- The Music of William Grant Still1972
- Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still1993
- Still Symphonies Nos. 1 & 21993
- Still: Symphony no. 1 "Afro-American" / Ellington: Suite from "The River"1993
- Still: Symphony no. 2 "Song of a New Race" / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Ellington: Harlem1993
- Black Diamonds1993
- The American Scene1995
- A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still1996
- William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony / Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony, op. 321999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 77,732
- Total plays
- 321,511
Tags
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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Woodville
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- oboe
- Image
- William Grant Still by Carl Van Vechten.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1895-05-11
- date of death
- 1978-12-03
- Commons category
- William Grant Still
- cause of death
- heart failure
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
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