Composer of the Week William Grant Still (1895-1978) Episodes Episode guide
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Troubled Island
5/5 Stillβs uphill struggle to establish himself as a composer of opera.
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A Black Pierrot
4/5 Still's unhappy brush with Hollywood, and his Fourth Symphony, βAutochthonous'.
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Success
3/5 Still remarries and is embraced by the American musical establishment.
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Coast to Coast
2/5 Still writes his βAfro-Americanβ Symphony and is given a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Darker America
1/5 Stillβs early years, including his transformative studies with Edgard Varese.