LEADER 04194nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910496138203321 005 20230422041030.0 010 $a0-520-92157-7 010 $a0-585-31568-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520921573 035 $a(CKB)111004366721822 035 $aMAHS00B318 035 $zILCGHZ4185208B 035 $a(MH)008269249-1 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000700760 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12314587 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000700760 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10662125 035 $a(PQKB)10657420 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272113 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12094946 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272113 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305327 035 $a(PQKB)10903392 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084573 035 $a(DE-B1597)649267 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520921573 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366721822 100 $a20000424d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam Grant Still $ea study in contradictions /$fCatherine Parsons Smith ; with contributed essays by Gayle Murchison and Willard B. Gatewood, chronology by Carolyn L. Quin and contemporary sources from the 1930's, Verna Arvey ... [et al.]$b[electronic resource] 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. ;$aLondon $cUniversity of California Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 368 p. )$cill. ; 225 1 $aMusic of the African diaspora ;$vv. 2 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-520-21542-7 311 0 $a0-520-21543-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, discography and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aDuring the 1930's and 1940's William Grant Still (1895-1978) was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers." He worked as an arranger for early radio, on Broadway, and in Hollywood major symphony orchestras performed his concert works and an opera, written in collaboration with Langston Hughes, was produced by the New York City Opera. Despite these successes the composer's name gradually faded into obscurity. This book brings William Grant Still out of the archives and examines his place in America's musical heritage. It also provides a revealing window into our recent cultural past. Until now Still's profound musical creativity and cultural awareness have been obscured by the controversies that dogged much of his personal and professional life. New topics explored by Catherine Parsons Smith and her contributors include the genesis of the Afro American Symphony, Still's best-known work his troubled years in film and opera and his outspoken anticommunism [Publisher description]. 410 0$aMusic of the African diaspora ;$vv. 2. 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians$2bisacsh 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians. 676 $a780/.92 700 $aSmith$b Catherine Parsons$f1933-2009.$01234019 701 2$aForsythe$b Harold Bruce$01234020 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 801 2$bMH-Mu 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910496138203321 996 $aWilliam Grant Still$92866397 997 $aUNINA