Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Death of Robert Bartlett Haas, Editor of First Edition of 'William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music'

[William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music; Second Edition; Judith Anne Still, Managing Editor; The Master-Player Library (1995)]

The Second Edition of William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music was published in 1995 for the Centennial of the birth of William Grant Still (1895-1978). Judith Anne Still, the composer's daughter, is Managing Editor. This 360-page Edition was published by The Master-Player Library of Flagstaff, Arizona. Judith Anne Still also operates William Grant Still Music, http://www.williamgrantstill.com, which is the most authoritative source for sheet music and recordings of William Grant Still. The First Edition was published in 1972 and was edited by Robert Bartlett Haas, who died April 20, 2010.

By Keith Thursby, Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2010
“Robert Bartlett Haas, a longtime UCLA educator who spent years immersed in the writings of Gertrude Stein, has died. He was 94. Haas died April 20 in a hospital in Nuertingen, Germany, after a brief illness, said his son, Peter. He had spent most of his retirement years in Germany.”

“Haas also wrote a 1976 biography of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, 'Muybridge: Man in Motion,' and edited 'William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music,' a 1972 book about an African American composer and conductor.” [William Grant Still (1895 -1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, where a complete Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma is also found]





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