1895-1978 US, Mississippi
Composer of Classical
William Grant Still (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions; his works were performed internationally by major orchestras as well as in the United States. Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and learned to play seven instruments. He attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Symphonies Nos. 2 And 3; Wood Notes | William Grant Still, Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter | 2011 | Album |
Symphonies Nos. 4 And 5 | William Grant Still - Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter | 2009 | Album |
Piano Music: Africa • Seven Traceries • A Deserted Plantation | William Grant Still, Mark Boozer | 2005 | Album |
Afro-American Symphony • In Memoriam • Africa (Symphonic Poem) | William Grant Still - Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter | 2005 | Album |
Afro-American Symphony / Gaelic Symphony, Op. 32 | William Grant Still / Amy Marcy Cheney Beach - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger | 1999 | Compil. |
Lenox Avenue: The Music Of William Grant Still | William Grant Still | 1999 | Album |
Witness Volume II | Philip Brunelle, William Grant Still | 1996 | Album |
Symphony No. 2 (Song Of A New Race) / Negro Folk Symphony / Harlem | William Grant Still / William Levi Dawson, Duke Ellington - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi | 1993 | Album |
Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American) / Suite From 'The River' | William Grant Still / Duke Ellington - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi | 1993 | Album |
Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still | William Grant Still | 1991 | Album |
Lenox Avenue (The Music Of William Grant Still) | William Grant Still | 1991 | Album |
William Grant Still Conducts William Grant Still | William Grant Still | 1984 | Album |
The Sparrow And Mr. Avaunt / Suite For Oboe, Clarinet, Viola / Miniatures For Flute, Oboe, Piano / Parable For Solo Oboe | Peter Christ - William Schmidt / Randall Thompson / William Grant Still / Vincent Persichetti | 1979 | Album |
Sahdji / African Suite / Lyric For Strings | William Grant Still / Fela Sowande / George Walker | 1975 | Album |
Afro-American Symphony / Two Arias From "Highway 1, U.S.A." / Danse Nègre / Onaway! Awake, Beloved From "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" | William Grant Still / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | 1974 | Album |
From The Black Belt / Darker America / Six Dances For String Orchestra | William Grant Still, Siegfried Landau / Ulysses Kay, Paul Freeman | 1974 | Album |
The Music Of William Grant Still | William Grant Still | 1972 | Album |
Music For Violin And Piano | William Grant Still – Louis Kaufman, Annette Kaufman | 1971 | Album |
The Holy City / Apparitions / Collage / Kaddish / Festive Overture | Arthur Bennett Lipkin, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Alan Hovhaness / Bernard Rogers / Roy Travis / Arthur Cohn / William Grant Still | 1970 | Album |
Sahdji Ballet / Creole Faust / Three Dances | William Grant Still / Alberto Ginastera / Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Howard Hanson, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra | 1960 | Album |
The Black Composer In America | Ulysses Kay / George Walker / William Grant Still / William Levi Dawson / William S. Fischer / Arthur Cunningham / Talib Rasul Hakim - Cynthia Bedford / Robert Hughes / Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra | Album |