William Grant Still

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Summary

The most comprehensive work to date on William Grant Still, generally acknowledged as the most significant African American composer of art music.

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Introduction	p. 1
A Brief Chronology	p. 15
The Formative Years of William Grant Still: Little Rock, Arkansas, 1895-1911	p. 21
"Dean of Afro-American Composers" or "Harlem Renaissance Man": The New Negro and the Musical Poetics of William Grant Still	p. 39
Finding His Voice: William Grant Still in Los Angeles, An Unknown "New Negro"	p. 94
The Afro-American Symphony and Its Scherzo "they, Verna and Billy"	p. 152
"Harlem Renaissance Man" Revisited: The Politics of Race and Class in Still's Late Career	p. 182
Personal Notes	p. 215
William Grant Still and Irving Schwerke: Documents from a Long-Distance Friendship	p. 235
William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions	p. 274
Plan for a Biography of Still	p. 300
William Grant Still	p. 304
Major Sources on Still	p. 341
Note on Recordings	p. 345
Index	p. 349
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