AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
[William Grant Still (Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music, and is used with permission.)] In an assignment to students, a teacher lists William Grant Still , Edvard Grieg, Bedrich Smetana, and Peter I. Tchaikovsky as Nationalist Composers: Tone Quality Saturday, December 5, 2009 Nationalist Composers “Musical nationalism refers to...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
[ The Toledo Clarinets ; Greg Klaas, clarinet; Jocelyn Langworthy, clarinet; Shannon Ford, clarinet; Kevin Schempf, clarinet; Chelsea Tipton II, clarinet; Elliott Ross, clarinet; Greg Kostraba, piano; William Grant Still: Quartet for Four B-Flat Clarinets (15:18), Christmas in the Western World (Las Pascuas) (18:51); Cambria CAMCD-1190 (2009)] One of the works of William Grant...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
[“William Grant STILL (1895 – 1978); Symphony No. 5 Western Hemisphere (1945, rev. 1970) [19:37]; Poem for Orchestra (1944) [10:27]; Symphony No. 4 Autochthonous (1947) [26:15]; Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter”; World Première Recordings; NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559603 [56:24]] BlackAmericaWeb.com posted an article on William Grant Still today....
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
I know about William Grant Still (1895-1978) because last year I attended a performance here in Chicago which highlighted his work. Anyway, BlackAmericaWeb.com highlights this talented symphonic composer : "He is the dean of African-American composers. He is an HBCU [historically black college & university] graduate. He is William Grant Still. A composer of over...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... Joplin.” “Roy Eaton: 24/7+7: Only album of complete preludes of Chopin, Gershwin and William Grant Still including 4 newly discovered Gershwin preludes.”
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... her career, Ms. Hinderas promoted black performers and composers, among them R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, John W. Work and George Walker, whose works she recorded.” [R. Nathaniel Dett, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, William Grant Still and George Walker are profiled at AfriClassical.com ] Natalie Hinderas Sensuous Piano Music Adagio in F Minor Joseph...
