Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Variety of Music of William Grant Still on YouTube


[Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still; Denver Oldham, piano; Koch 3 7084 2H1 (1991)]

Two vocal works and two instrumental compositions are among a number of pieces by the African American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978) which are sampled on YouTube.

Tenor Antoine Garth performs the songs Weeping Angels and Old Brer Rabbit by William Grant Still, with American Voices' pianist John Ferguson at the Saigon Conservatory in Vietnam.

Chicago violinist Rachel Barton Pine is accompanied by pianist Matthew Hagle in a rendition of Here's One (3:46) by William Grant Still.

The second movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano (6:57) is performed by
Uruguyan violinist Javier Orman and Peruvian pianist Henry Rodriguez.








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