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010 a| 2007044085;

020 a| 9780252033223 (cloth : alk. paper);

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050 00 a| ML410.S855b| S64 2008;

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100 1 a| Smith, Catherine Parsons,d| 1933-2009.=| ^A192797;

245 10 a| William Grant Still /c| Catherine Parsons Smith.;

300 a| xi, 116 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| American composers;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (page 107), discographies, and index.;

505 0 a| An uncertain ovation -- Still's Arkansas childhood -- An Ohio apprenticeship -- New York City -- Making his mark -- Still's instrumental music -- Los Angeles, 1934- -- Troubled Island -- Moscow's "subtle but effective hand" -- After the storm.;

520 a| In this compact introduction to the life and work of eminent African American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), Catherine Parsons Smith tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still merged both musical traditions in his work, studying composition with George W. Chadwick at the New England Conservatory, collaborating with Langston Hughes on Troubled Island, and working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio during the Harlem Renaissance. Still also played in the pit band for Shuffle Along, served as recording director for the first black-owned record label, Black Swan, and arranged music for artists such as Sophie Tucker, Paul Whiteman, and Artie Shaw. Best known for his Afro-American Symphony and other works that drew heavily on black American musical heritage, Still struggled against financial hardship and declining attention to his work, which he attributed to political and racist conspiracies. This "dean of Afro-American composers" created his own, unique version of musical modernism, influencing commercial music, symphonic music, and opera in the process.;

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William Grant Still / Catherine Parsons Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Catherine Parsons
Format	Book
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2008.
Description	xi, 116 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. African American composers--Biography. Composers--United States. --Biography.

Series	American composers American composers. ^A759128
Contents	An uncertain ovation -- Still's Arkansas childhood -- An Ohio apprenticeship -- New York City -- Making his mark -- Still's instrumental music -- Los Angeles, 1934- -- Troubled Island -- Moscow's "subtle but effective hand" -- After the storm.
Abstract	In this compact introduction to the life and work of eminent African American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), Catherine Parsons Smith tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still merged both musical traditions in his work, studying composition with George W. Chadwick at the New England Conservatory, collaborating with Langston Hughes on Troubled Island, and working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio during the Harlem Renaissance. Still also played in the pit band for Shuffle Along, served as recording director for the first black-owned record label, Black Swan, and arranged music for artists such as Sophie Tucker, Paul Whiteman, and Artie Shaw. Best known for his Afro-American Symphony and other works that drew heavily on black American musical heritage, Still struggled against financial hardship and declining attention to his work, which he attributed to political and racist conspiracies. This "dean of Afro-American composers" created his own, unique version of musical modernism, influencing commercial music, symphonic music, and opera in the process.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page 107), discographies, and index.
LCCN	2007044085
ISBN	9780252033223 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0252033221 (cloth : alk. paper)

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