Composer

William Grant Still

1895–1978 · American

25 catalogued orchestral works — 24 with instrumentation confirmed against a source, 1 still marked TBD. We publish TBD rather than a guess.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1924Darker AmericaConfirmed17'
1926From the Black BeltConfirmed20'
1930AfricaConfirmed30'
1930Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American”Confirmed24'
1937Symphony No. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race”Confirmed29'
1940And They Lynched Him on a Tree · chorusTBD17'
1940Can'tcha Line 'EmConfirmed5'
1941Old CaliforniaConfirmed10'
1943In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for DemocracyConfirmed6'
1944Festive OvertureConfirmed10'
1944Poem for OrchestraConfirmed15'
1945Symphony No. 5 “Western Hemisphere”Confirmed22'
1946Archaic RitualConfirmed20'
1947Symphony No. 4 “Autochthonous”Confirmed27'
1948Danzas de PanamáConfirmed13'
1948Wood NotesConfirmed20'
1957SerenadeConfirmed8'
1957The American Scene (five suites)Confirmed50'
1958Symphony No. 3 “The Sunday Symphony”Confirmed25'
1960PatternsConfirmed15'
1960The Peaceful LandConfirmed9'
1962PreludesConfirmed12'
1965Threnody: In Memory of Jean SibeliusConfirmed4'
1967Little Red SchoolhouseConfirmed15'
—Mother and ChildConfirmed—

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