Product Description

The life and career of the African-

American composer William Grant

Still qualifies as the quintessential

American 'success story.' Often

referred to as the 'dean of African-

American composers,' Still rose from

humble beginnings to work as an

arranger while studying composition

with Chadwick and Varse. Still

embraced the blues, spirituals, jazz,

and other ethnic American musics

within classical forms. Wood Notes

musically depicts Still's love of

nature. Symphony No. 2, the last

of a trilogy of works depicting

the African-American experience,

presents the vision of an integrated

American society, while Symphony

No. 3 describes a spiritual 'day in the

life' of a devout worshipper. This disc

completes the Naxos cycle of William

Grant Still's Symphonies.

Product Description

Symphonies 2 & 3 - CD