Title: William Grant Still and the fusion of cultures in American music /
Authors: Still, Judith Anne.; Headlee, Celeste Anne, 1969-; Headlee-Huffman, Lisa M., 1964-; Haas, Robert Bartlett.
Publisher: Master-Player Library,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Still, William Grant, Criticism and interpretation.; Still, William Grant, Thematic catalogs.
Contents: Introduction / by Howard Hanson -- Introduction / by Frederick Hall -- An appreciation for now / Robert Bartlett Haas -- Celebrating William Grant Still's centennial year / Celeste Anne Headlee -- The story of William Grant Still / Paul Harold Slattery -- The Stills on Still. My Arkansas boyhood ; With his roots in the soil ; Memo for musicologists ; Still opera points the way ; Modern composers have lost their audience : why? ; On orchestration ; A review of the vocal works which paralleled the creation of William Grant Still's symphonies ; What a composer is ; An Afro-American composer's viewpoint ; Horizons unlimited ; A compoer's viewpoint -- Still's works : An overview. William Grant Still's musical style : a monumental contribution to American music / Anne Simpson ; Essays of bias : Blesh, Mellers and "black music" / Donald Dorr -- The symphonic works. Introductory note ; A comprehensive study of the Afro-American symphony ; A discussion of the fourth symphony including : Comparisons with the first symphony ; Symphonic works summary / Paul Harold Slattery -- The operas. Chosen image : the Afro-American vision in the operas of William Grant Still / Donald Dorr -- The string works. The violin works of William Grant Still / Louis and Annette Kaufman ; William Grant Still : The folk suites and other compositions in the educational setting / Jean F. Matthew -- The piano works. Fusion of styles in the piano works of William Grant Still / Carolyn L. Quin -- Friends of the Stills on Still. Phylon profile XXIII : William Grant Still--composer / Miriam Matthews ; William Grant Still / Howard Hanson ; Of one blood, thou & I / Charles W. McGehee ; Recalling Still / Grant D. Venerable II -- Closing. Out of the wilderness, or "the last best hope of earth" / Judith Anne Still -- Thematic catalog of works (1921-1972) / Celeste Anne Headlee, Verna Arvey and Jean F. Matthews -- Recordings in the William Grant Still collection.