Miniatures
Oxford University Press Inc
978-0-19-385697-4 (ISBN)
This little suite of five miniatures is based on folk songs of the Americas, and is a souvenir of the visit to America of the eminent conductor, Sir John Barbirolli, and his wife, Lady Evelyn Barbirolli.
William Grant Still was born in 1895 in Woodville, Mississippi. He attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and was a student of George Whitefield Chadwick and later Edgard Varèse. Still wrote over 150 compositions, including operas, ballets, symphonies, chamber works, and arrangements of folk themes, plus choral and solo vocal works. An African-American composer and conductor, Still was a pioneering figure in American music: his Symphony No.1 was the first work by an African-American to be performed by a major symphony orchestra; his Troubled Island, the first opera by such staged at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York City; and he was the first to have an opera televised over a national network. Much of his success came from writing serious music that had a definite American flavour and which engaged the greatest conductors of the day.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.9.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 228 x 305 mm |
| Gewicht | 100 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-385697-2 / 0193856972 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-385697-4 / 9780193856974 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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