[ABOVE:
William
Grant Still (Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music,
and is used with permission) BELOW: Title Screen of YouTube video]
Old
California,
symphonic poem (8:36) (1941), was recorded under the direction of
Pierre Monteaux on V-Disc 386. It is one of more than a thousand
Victory Disc recordings in the collection of vdiscdaddy. The Victory
Disc recordings were produced by the U.S. War Department during World
War II:
“Uploaded
by collectionCB2 on Mar 3, 2012
Homage
to great YouTubers:
vdiscdaddy
“William
Grant Still (1895-1978) (USA)
Old
California, symphonic Poem (1941)
Dir
: Pierre Monteaux (V-Disc 386)
“Created
on 2008, April the 10th, by an Afro-American, 'vdiscdaddy''s cultural
musical channel presents, with more than 1000 videos, his splendid
collection of « V-Disc » (Victory Disc), American discs recorded
during WWII for troop morale. Among hundreds of celebrities which
have participated in the war effort:
“Tommy Dorsey,
(Captain) Glenn Miller, Art Tatum, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Eddie
Cantor, Louis Prima, Andre Kostelanetz, Fats Waller, Duke
Ellington...”
[William Grant 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]
Comment by email:Thanks, Bill -- Old California is a fine work. [Judith Anne Still]
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