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Once called the dean of African American composers, William Grant Still created a unique version of musical modernism that influenced commercial music, symphonic music, and opera.
The acclaimed and enormously popular Afro-American Symphony, like many of his works, drew on Black American musical heritage, and Still was the first Black composer to have his work performed by a major symphony orchestra.
Catherine Parsons Smith’s biography tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still’s artistic journey took him from conservatory study with George W. Chadwick to collaborating with Langston Hughes, working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio, arranging for artists like Sophie Tucker and Artie Shaw, and serving as the recording director for the first Black-owned record label.
But despite his prolific production and multidimensional talents, Still endured financial struggles and declining attention to his work.
134 pages
Softcover
Brand:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOSKU:117617Tags:Author_Artist_Dsgnr:BY CATHERINE PARSONS SMITH, BrandName:University of Illinois Press, Class:REFERENCE, Program:THIS LAND IS, SubClass1:NON FICTION, Subject:BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY, THIS LAND IS EXHIBITIONS, THIS LAND IS...
View productThe acclaimed and enormously popular Afro-American Symphony, like many of his works, drew on Black American musical heritage, and Still was the first Black composer to have his work performed by a major symphony orchestra.
Catherine Parsons Smith’s biography tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still’s artistic journey took him from conservatory study with George W. Chadwick to collaborating with Langston Hughes, working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio, arranging for artists like Sophie Tucker and Artie Shaw, and serving as the recording director for the first Black-owned record label.
But despite his prolific production and multidimensional talents, Still endured financial struggles and declining attention to his work.
134 pages
Softcover
Brand:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOSKU:117617Tags:Author_Artist_Dsgnr:BY CATHERINE PARSONS SMITH, BrandName:University of Illinois Press, Class:REFERENCE, Program:THIS LAND IS, SubClass1:NON FICTION, Subject:BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY, THIS LAND IS EXHIBITIONS, THIS LAND IS...
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Once called the dean of African American composers, William Grant Still created a unique version of musical modernism that influenced commercial music, symphonic music, and opera.
The acclaimed and enormously popular Afro-American Symphony, like many of his works, drew on Black American musical heritage, and Still was the first Black composer to have his work performed by a major symphony orchestra.
Catherine Parsons Smith’s biography tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still’s artistic journey took him from conservatory study with George W. Chadwick to collaborating with Langston Hughes, working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio, arranging for artists like Sophie Tucker and Artie Shaw, and serving as the recording director for the first Black-owned record label.
But despite his prolific production and multidimensional talents, Still endured financial struggles and declining attention to his work.
134 pages
Softcover
Brand:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOSKU:117617Tags:Author_Artist_Dsgnr:BY CATHERINE PARSONS SMITH, BrandName:University of Illinois Press, Class:REFERENCE, Program:THIS LAND IS, SubClass1:NON FICTION, Subject:BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY, THIS LAND IS EXHIBITIONS, THIS LAND IS...
The acclaimed and enormously popular Afro-American Symphony, like many of his works, drew on Black American musical heritage, and Still was the first Black composer to have his work performed by a major symphony orchestra.
Catherine Parsons Smith’s biography tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still’s artistic journey took him from conservatory study with George W. Chadwick to collaborating with Langston Hughes, working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio, arranging for artists like Sophie Tucker and Artie Shaw, and serving as the recording director for the first Black-owned record label.
But despite his prolific production and multidimensional talents, Still endured financial struggles and declining attention to his work.
134 pages
Softcover
Brand:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOSKU:117617Tags:Author_Artist_Dsgnr:BY CATHERINE PARSONS SMITH, BrandName:University of Illinois Press, Class:REFERENCE, Program:THIS LAND IS, SubClass1:NON FICTION, Subject:BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY, THIS LAND IS EXHIBITIONS, THIS LAND IS...
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