William Grant Still

Sound Recordings Used in the Exhibit



Works by William Grant Still

All titles from the Special Collections Library, Duke University, William Grant Still Collection.

Afro-American Symphony. Our Musical Past, v. 5. Library of Congress. OCM 2134, OMP-106. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor.

First Movement.
Second Movement.
Third Movement.
Fourth Movement.


"A Black Pierrot," Songs of Separation. Works by William Grant Still. Videmus. New World Records 80399-2.


"Dream" aria, Troubled Island No performance information available. Cassette tape.


Ennanga. Works by William Grant Still. Videmus. New World Records 80399-2. Lynn Chang, violin, Vivian Taylor, piano.


Festive Overture. Composers Recordings, Inc. CAS 259. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennet Lipkin, conductor.


Lennox Avenue. William Grant Still conducts William Grant Still. Legend Records GLC-8011. Los Angeles WPA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Piano passages performed by Verna Arvey Still. Recorded 1937.


Lift Every Voice and Sing. Robert Honeysucker, baritone. Works by William Grant Still. Videmus. New World Records 80399-2.


Minette Fontaine. No performance information available (Baton Rouge Opera Company?) . Cassette tape


"Oh sorrow," And They Lynched Him on a Tree. William Grant Still-- Voices and Piano. William Grant Still Performing Arts Society WGSM 1003.


Plain Chant for America The Music of William Grant Still. No performance information available. Cassette tape


Rising Tide, Theme for the 1939 World's Fair. The Music of William Grant Still. No performance information available. Cassette tape


Suite for Violin and Piano. Works by William Grant Still. Videmus. New World Records 80399-2. Lynn Chang, violin, Vivian Taylor, piano.


Work by R. Nathanian Dett

Juba. R. Nathaniel Dett-- Piano works. New World Records NW 367-2. Denver Oldham, piano.



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