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The Afro-American Symphony and Its Scherzo
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Smith/Murchison
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents IX
- List of Illustrations XI
- Acknowledgments XIII
- Abbreviations XVII
- Introduction. A Brief Chronology 1
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CONTRIBUTED ESSAYS
- The Formative Years of William Grant Still: Little Rock, Arkansas, 1895-1911 21
- "Dean of Afro-American Composers" or "Harlem Renaissance Man": The New Negro and the Musical Poetics of William Grant Still 39
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TOWARD A BIOGRAPHY
- Finding His Voice: William Grant Still in Los Angeles 69
- An Unknown "New Negro" 94
- The Afro-American Symphony and Its Scherzo 114
- "they, Verna and Billy" 152
- "Harlem Renaissance Man" Revisited: The Politics of Race and Class in Still's Late Career 182
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SOURCES
- Personal Notes 215
- William Grant Still and Irving Schwerké: Documents from a Long-Distance Friendship 235
- William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions 274
- Plan for a Biography of Still 300
- William Grant Still 304
- Major Sources on Still 341
- Note on Recordings 345
- Index 349
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents IX
- List of Illustrations XI
- Acknowledgments XIII
- Abbreviations XVII
- Introduction. A Brief Chronology 1
-
CONTRIBUTED ESSAYS
- The Formative Years of William Grant Still: Little Rock, Arkansas, 1895-1911 21
- "Dean of Afro-American Composers" or "Harlem Renaissance Man": The New Negro and the Musical Poetics of William Grant Still 39
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TOWARD A BIOGRAPHY
- Finding His Voice: William Grant Still in Los Angeles 69
- An Unknown "New Negro" 94
- The Afro-American Symphony and Its Scherzo 114
- "they, Verna and Billy" 152
- "Harlem Renaissance Man" Revisited: The Politics of Race and Class in Still's Late Career 182
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SOURCES
- Personal Notes 215
- William Grant Still and Irving Schwerké: Documents from a Long-Distance Friendship 235
- William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions 274
- Plan for a Biography of Still 300
- William Grant Still 304
- Major Sources on Still 341
- Note on Recordings 345
- Index 349