"The Dean of Afro-American Composers:" William Grant Still’s Life and Work (with Celeste Headlee)

This work was sponsored by a Humanities New York Public Humanities Grant. 🎶 Support the channel and watch hours of bonus content:   / classicalnerd   0:00 Introduction 0:36 I: Arkansas 7:53 II: Wilberforce 9:58 III: Grace 16:03 IV: Shuffling Along 22:17 V: Black Music 29:34 VI: The Commercial World 44:56 VII: Verna 50:56 VIII: The Still Sound 58:56 IX: Opera 1:07:07 X: The Dean’s Legacy 📚 Sources/further reading: "William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music," ed. Robert Bartlett Haas (Black Sparrow Press, 1972) "My Life, My Words: The Autobiography of William Grant Still, American Master Composer" by William Grant Still and Judith Anne Still (The Master-Player Library, 2011) "William Grant Still: An Oral History," ed. Judith Anne Still, Dominique-René de Lerma, and Lance Bowling (The Master-Player Library, 1998) "In One Lifetime" by Verna Arvey (University of Arkansas Press, 1984) ---------- Music: William Grant Still: Symphony No. 3 “Sunday,” performed by the Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Jeter John A. Gregg, Charles Henri Woode, and Henry A. Garcia: WU alma mater, performers unknown William Grant Still: “Darker America” performed by the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American,” performed by the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sarah Ioannides -William Grant Still: Levee Land, performed by Celeste Headlee, accompanied by Michael Sullivan, Paul Balch, Wildy Zumwalt, Ivan Ochsner, Nancy Sullivan, Charles Way, Peter Vivona, Steve Hemphill, Ted Goddard, Karin Hallberg, Kathleen Nourie, and Richard Wright, conducted by Patricia J. Hoy William Grant Still: Kaintuck’, performed by Ben Dawson and the Ulster Orchestra conducted by Michael Seal William Grant Still: Troubled Island, performed by the New York City Opera conducted by Laszlo Halasz William Grant Still: And They Lynched Him On A Tree, performed by the Harry T. Burleigh Society and Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thomas Cunningham ---------- Contact Information: Questions and comments can be directed to: nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com Facebook:   / classicalnerd   Instagram:   / the_classical_nerd   ---------- All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.