I Dream A World
Subtitle: The Operas Of William Grant Still
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: April 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781557287892
Subjects: Opera; Music; Composers & Musicians - Classical Vocalists; Music/Songbooks; Still, William Grant,; Operas; Genres & Styles - Opera; Biography / Autobiography; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; 1895-; 1895-1978
First sentence: William Grant Still came on the American scene at a time when the new music of America was being born.
Description: "William Grant Still (1895-1978) dreamed of a world in which his eight operas - for him the ultimate form of musical expression - would be heard in the major opera houses in the United States, devoting most of his career toward the pursuit of this goal. Consisting of two parts, I Dream a World first creates a context for Still's operas and explores commonalities among them, including structural elements and musical characteristics. The second part traces the research, composition, and performances of the operas as a way of documenting the history of the composer and his contributions to American opera."--Jacket.