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Article: William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions.(Review)
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William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions. By Catherine Parsons Smith. (Music of the African Diaspora, 2.) Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. [xvi, 368 p. ISBN 0-520-21542-7 (cloth); 0-520-21543-5 (pbk.). $50 (cloth); $19.95 (pbk.).]
William Grant Still (1895-1978) opened new vistas for African Americans during the first half of the twentieth century, becoming the first black composer to fuse the blues and jazz successfully in symphonies anti extended orchestral forms. In addition, he composed solo and chamber works, as well as choral music, art songs, and operas, and he established himself as one of the first black composers to write for film ...