The essays and documents in this book tell the history of Still's opera Troubled Island, and discuss the reasons for its demise. With a foreword, index and black & white photos.

Just Tell the Story - Troubled Island: A Collection of Documents, Previously Published and Unpublished, Pertaining to the First Significant Afro-American Grand Opera, "Troubled Island" by William Grant Still with Librettists Langston Hughes & Verna Arvey

Still, Judith Anne

Headlee, Lisa M. (eds.)

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William Grant Still and the fusion of cultures in American music

<p>This is the ultimate resource book on the composer/conductor, William Grant Still. This book includes biographical information with personal insights from the composer and his wife, a complete catalog of works, including thematic material from the composer's private papers, scholarly contributions from Howard Hanson, Donald Dorr, Miriam Matthews and others, Still's article on orchestration, now used in many music composition courses, and personal memories of the composer from Judith Anne Still, Reverend McGehee, Grant D. Venerable II and others. This is a must for every music and history library.</p>

William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music

Celeste Anne Headlee, Eds.

Judith Anne Still

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