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Symphony No. 4, also known as Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous", is a 1947 composition in four movements by American composer William Grant Still. [1] The work was first performed on March 18, 1951, by the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Alessandro. The symphony is about twenty-six minutes long.
William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, art songs, chamber music, and solo works.
Pages in category "Symphonies by William Grant Still" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Symphony No. 4 (Still) Symphony No. 5 (Still) ...
William Grant Still in 1949, photographed by Carl Van Vechten. Afro-American Symphony, also known as Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" and Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, is a 1930 composition by William Grant Still, the first symphony written by an African American and performed for a United States audience by a leading orchestra.
Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music to present opera by Black composer William Grant Still with ballet set to his music.
Pages in category "Compositions by William Grant Still" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A curious L.A. Opera double bill pairs Viennese composer Alexander Zemlinsky's 'The Dwarf' with the Black American composer William Grant Still's 'Highway 1, USA.'
William Grant Still contrasted his Symphony No. 2 with his earlier Symphony No. 1.If Symphony No. 1 "represented the Negro of days not far removed from the Civil War," Symphony No. 2 represented "the American colored man of today, in so many instances a totally new individual produced through the fusion of White, Indian and Negro bloods". [4]
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