'William Grant Still: Old California (1941) - Homage to great YouTubers: vdiscdaddy'

[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:

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“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...” 

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[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]


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Thanks, Bill -- Old California is a fine work.  [Judith Anne Still]