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Composer of the Week

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Success

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still remarries and is embraced by the American musical establishment. Show more

Composer of the Week

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Troubled Island

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still’s uphill struggle to establish himself as a composer of opera. Show more

Composer of the Week

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Darker America

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still’s early years, including his transformative studies with Edgard Varese. Show more

Composer of the Week

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Coast to Coast

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still writes his ‘Afro-American’ Symphony and is given a Guggenheim Fellowship. Show more

Composer of the Week

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

A Black Pierrot

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, an unhappy brush with Hollywood, and Still’s Fourth Symphony, ‘Autochthonous'. Show more