Full orchestra Bassoon 1,
Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1,
Clarinet 2, Contrabass,
Crash Cymbals, Flute 1,
Flute 2, Glockenspiel,
Harp, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Horn 3, Oboe 2,
Percussion 1, Percussion
2, Piccolo, Suspended
Cymbal, Timpani, Trombone
1, Trombone 2, Trumpet 1
and more.
SKU:
CF.SC88
Composed by
William Grant Still. Full
score. 32 pages. Duration
9 minutes, 20 seconds.
Carl Fischer Music #SC88.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.SC88).
ISBN
9781491158845. UPC:
680160917563.
Willi
am Grant Stillas catalog
of works comprises over
200 pieces, including
five symphonies, nine
operas, four ballets and
numerous works for
chamber ensembles. He
initially found
employment as an oboist
in pit orchestras in New
York City, later as an
arranger of popular music
for various ensembles,
including those by
William C. Handy, James
P. Johnson and Paul
Whiteman. His career as a
composer was launched
with a performance in
1931 of his Symphony No.
1 aAfro-Americana by the
Rochester Philharmonic,
conducted by Howard
Hanson, who would remain
a life-long champion of
Stillas orchestral works.
By the 1950s the symphony
had been performed in New
York, Chicago, Los
Angeles and various
European capitals. This
notoriety earned Still a
Guggenheim Fellowship in
1934, after which he
moved to Los Angeles. He
is credited as the first
African-American to
conduct a major orchestra
(the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra),
the first to have an
opera performed by a
major company (Troubled
Island by the New York
City Opera in 1949), and
one of the first
composers to write for
radio, films and
television. So numerous
were his awards and
accolades, including
three Guggenheim
Fellowships and a variety
of honorary doctorates,
that he was designated as
the aDean of
Afro-American Composers.a
Still composed his
Serenade for Orchestra in
1957 on a commission by
the Great Falls High
School in Great Falls,
Montana. He later
transcribed the work for
a chamber ensemble of
flute, clarinet, harp and
strings. The piece
reflects Stillas interest
in American folk idioms,
with conventional
melodies and harmonies
that nonetheless express
a fresh and individual
compositional
voice.
William Grant
Still's catalog of works
comprises over 200
pieces, including five
symphonies, nine operas,
four ballets and numerous
works for chamber
ensembles. He initially
found employment as an
oboist in pit orchestras
in New York City, later
as an arranger of popular
music for various
ensembles, including
those by William C.
Handy, James P. Johnson
and Paul Whiteman. His
career as a composer was
launched with a
performance in 1931 of
his Symphony No. 1
Afro-American by the
Rochester Philharmonic,
conducted by Howard
Hanson, who would remain
a life-long champion of
Still's orchestral works.
By the 1950s the symphony
had been performed in New
York, Chicago, Los
Angeles and various
European capitals. This
notoriety earned Still a
Guggenheim Fellowship in
1934, after which he
moved to Los Angeles. He
is credited as the first
African-American to
conduct a major orchestra
(the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra),
the first to have an
opera performed by a
major company (Troubled
Island by the New York
City Opera in 1949), and
one of the first
composers to write for
radio, films and
television. So numerous
were his awards and
accolades, including
three Guggenheim
Fellowships and a variety
of honorary doctorates,
that he was designated as
the Dean of Afro-American
Composers. Still composed
his Serenade for
Orchestra in 1957 on a
commission by the Great
Falls High School in
Great Falls, Montana. He
later transcribed the
work for a chamber
ensemble of flute,
clarinet, harp and
strings. The piece
reflects Still's interest
in American folk idioms,
with conventional
melodies and harmonies
that nonetheless express
a fresh and individual
compositional
voice.
William Grant
Still’s catalog of
works comprises over 200
pieces, including five
symphonies, nine operas,
four ballets and numerous
works for chamber
ensembles. He initially
found employment as an
oboist in pit orchestras
in New York City, later
as an arranger of popular
music for various
ensembles, including
those by William C.
Handy, James P. Johnson
and Paul Whiteman. His
career as a composer was
launched with a
performance in 1931 of
his Symphony No. 1
“Afro-Americanâ€
by the Rochester
Philharmonic, conducted
by Howard Hanson, who
would remain a life-long
champion of
Still’s orchestral
works. By the 1950s the
symphony had been
performed in New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles and
various European
capitals.This notoriety
earned Still a Guggenheim
Fellowship in 1934, after
which he moved to Los
Angeles. He is credited
as the first
African-American to
conduct a major orchestra
(the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra),
the first to have an
opera performed by a
major company (Troubled
Island by the New York
City Opera in 1949), and
one of the first
composers to write for
radio, films and
television. So numerous
were his awards and
accolades, including
three Guggenheim
Fellowships and a variety
of honorary doctorates,
that he was designated as
the “Dean of
Afro-American
Composers.â€Still
composed his Serenade for
Orchestra in 1957 on a
commission by the Great
Falls High School in
Great Falls, Montana. He
later transcribed the
work for a chamber
ensemble of flute,
clarinet, harp and
strings. The piece
reflects Still’s
interest in American folk
idioms, with conventional
melodies and harmonies
that nonetheless express
a fresh and individual
compositional voice.
