Monday, January 30, 2012

YouTube.com: “Joshua plays 'Lenox Ave. Blues' by William Grant Still @ Unity Of Oak Park Concert 1/29/12”

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

A January 29, 2012 concert performance of William Grant Still's Lenox Ave. Blues (2:39) by Joshua was uploaded today:



“Uploaded by junmhoon on Jan 30, 2012 
Joshua plays 'Lenox Ave. Blues' by William Grant Still @ Unity Of Oak Park Concert 1/29/12”:



WilliamGrant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com. Recordings, sheet music and books of William Grant Still are available at www.WilliamGrantStill.com, which is operated by the composer's daughter Judith Anne Still. Here is the entry for Lenox Ave. Blues:


Lenox Ave. Blues, Lenox Avenue; Choreographic street scenes, dancers, narrator, SATB & orchestra (1937). New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1938. piano-vocal score, 41p. Scenario: Verna Arvey. Instrumentation: 2231, Eh bcl 5 saxophones, 3320, timp, 2 perc, piano, strings. Commission: Columbia Broadcasting System. Première: 1937;V/23; CBS Radio; Howard Barlow, conductor. Duration: 23:00. Library: Library of Congress (43-21830), Schomburg.”


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