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William Grant Still

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William Grant Still, (born May 11, 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, California), American composer and conductor and the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. Though a prolific composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, and other works, he was best known for his first symphony, Afro-American Symphony (1931). Still was brought up by his mother and grandmother in Little Rock

Top songs

  1. 3 Visions: No. 2, Summerland
  2. Three Visions: II. Summerland
  3. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Sorrow (Adagio)
  4. 3 Visions: No. 2. Summerland
  5. Africa: Land of Romance
  6. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": I. Longing (Moderato assai)
  7. Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively
  8. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": III. Humor (Animato)
  9. Prince and the Mermaid Suite: II. Waltz
  10. In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
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  1. Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": II. Slowly and deeply expressive
  2. III. Land of Superstition
  3. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": IV. Aspiration (Lento, con risoluzione)
  4. Summerland
  5. Wood Notes: IV. Whippoorwill's Shoes: Humorously
  6. In memoriam, "The Colored Soldiers who Died for Democracy": In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
  7. Wood Notes: II. Autumn Night: Lightly
  8. 3 Visions: II. Summerland
  9. Africa: Land of Peace
  10. Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": IV. Moderately slow
  11. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": IV. Lento, Con Risoluzione
  12. Suite for Violin and Piano: III.
  13. Afro-American Symphony: I. Moderato assai
  14. Wood Notes: I. Singing River: Moderately slow
  15. Suite For Violin And Piano: II. Mother And Child
  16. Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": I. Slowly
  17. Symphony No. 4, "Autochthonous": III. With a graceful lilt
  18. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": I. Moderato Assai
  19. Africa: Land of Superstition
  20. Suite for Violin and Piano: III. Gamin
  21. Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony": II. Prayer: Very Slowly
  22. Suite for Violin and Piano: I. African Dancer
  23. American Suite: II. Danse
  24. 3 Visions: I. Dark Horsemen
  25. Danzas de Panama: I. Tamborito
  26. Symphony No. 2 in G minor, "Song of a New Race": III. Moderately fast
  27. Christmas in the Western World, "Las Pascuas" (arr. G. Kostraba): No. 2. Ven, Nino Divino (Nicaragua)
  28. Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony": III. Relaxation: Gaily
  29. Afro-American Symphony: I. Moderato Assai - Longing
  30. Serenade for Orchestra
  31. Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One
  32. Lyric Quartette: I. The Sentimental One
  33. Danzas de Panama: IV. Cumbia y Congo
  34. Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous": I. Moderately fast
  35. Kaintuck'
  36. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": III. Animato
  37. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Adagio
  38. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" (1969 revision): I. Moderato assai "Longing"
  39. Danzas de Panama (version for string quartet): No. 4. Cumbia y Congo
  40. Songs of Separation: A Black Pierrot
  41. Song for the Lonely
  42. Afro-American Symphony: III. Animato
  43. Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony": I. The Awakening: Moderately fast
  44. Suite for Violin & Piano: No. 2, Mother & Child
  45. Danzas De Panama: II. Mejorana
  46. Lenox Avenue: The Blues
  47. Danzas de Panama: III. Punto
  48. II. Sorrow (Adagio)
  49. Symphony No. 5, "Western Hemisphere": IV. Moderately
  50. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" (1969 revision): IV. Lento, con risoluzione "Aspiration"
  51. II. Summerland
  52. Traceries: III. Muted Laughter
  53. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" (1969 revision): III. Animato "Humor"
  54. Symphony No. 5, "Western Hemisphere": II. Slowly, and with utmost grace
  55. Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano
  56. Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Afro-American": I. Longing. Moderato assai
  57. Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" (1969 revision): II. Adagio "Sorrow"
  58. A Deserted Plantation: III. Dance
  59. 3 Visions: No. 2, Summerland (Version for Violin & Orchestra)
  60. Symphony No. 3, "The Sunday Symphony": IV. Day's End and a New Beginning: Resolutely
  61. Symphony No. 2 in G Minor, "Song of a New Race": II. Slowly and Deeply Expressive - Live
  62. Lyric Quartet: II. The Quiet One
  63. III. Humor (Animato)
  64. Afro-American Symphony: III. Animato - Humor
  65. Suite for Violin and Piano: I.
  66. 3 Visions: III. Radiant Pinnacle
  67. Afro-American Symphony: II. Adagio
  68. Traceries: IV. Out Of The Silence
  69. 7 Traceries: No. 1. Cloud Cradles
  70. Pastorela
  71. Traceries: I. Cloud Cradles
  72. Afro-American Symphony: IV. Lento con risolutione
  73. Lyric Quartet: I. The Sentimental One
  74. Symphony No. 4, "Autochthonous": I. Moderately
  75. Ennanga: II.
  76. Traceries: II. Mystic Pool
  77. A Deserted Plantation: I. Spiritual
  78. 3 Visions: No. 3. Radiant Pinnacle
  79. Reverie
  80. Summerland (For String Quartet)
  81. No. 2, Summerland
  82. Poem
  83. American Suite: I. Indian Love Song
  84. A Deserted Plantation: II. Young Missy
  85. Here's One
  86. Traceries: V. Woven Silver
  87. Dismal Swamp
  88. Suite for Violin and Piano: II.
  89. Symphony No. 5, "Western Hemisphere": I. Briskly
  90. Mother and Child, No. 2 from Suite for violin and piano

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