| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Music of the African diaspora ; 2 |
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Music of the African diaspora ; 2.
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| Contents |
A brief chronology / Carolyn L. Quin -- Contributed essays. The formative years of William Grant Still: Little Rock, Arkansas, 1895-1911 / Willard B. Gatewood ; "Dean of Afro-American composers" or "Harlem Renaissance man": the new Negro and the musical poetics of William Grant Still / Gayle Murchison -- Toward a biography. Finding his voice: William Grant Still in Los Angeles ; An unknown "new Negro" ; The Afro-American symphony and its scherzo ; "They, Verna and Billy" ; "Harlem Renaissance man" revisited: the politics of race and class in Still's late career -- Sources. Personal notes / William Grant Still ; William Grant Still and Irving Schwerké : documents from a long-distance friendship / edited by Wayne D. Shirley ; William Grant Still : a study in contradictions / Harold Bruce Forsythe ; Plan for a biography of Still / Harold Bruce Forsythe ; William Grant Still / Verna Arvey -- Major sources on Still -- Note on recordings |
| Summary |
During the 1930s and 1940s William Grant Still (1895-1978) was known as the 'Dean of Afro-American Composers'. This book brings William Grant Still out of the archives and examines his place in America's musical heritage. It also provides a revealing window into our recent cultural past |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978 fast |
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Still, William Grant. swd |
| Subject |
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99043232 |
| ISBN |
9780520921573 |
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0520921577 |
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058531568X |
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9780585315683 |
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9780520215436 |
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0520215435 |
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9780520215429 |
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0520215427 |
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