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William Grant Still (1895-1978) anali waku America wopeka wa ntchito pafupifupi 200, kuphatikiza zisanu symphonies ndi zisanu ndi zinayi opera. Nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "Dean of Afro-American Composers", Analinso wolemba waku America woyamba kukhala ndi opera yopangidwa ndi New York City Opera. Nyimbo yake yoyamba, yotchedwa Afro-American Symphony, inali mpaka 1950 nyimbo yodziwika kwambiri yopangidwa ndi waku America. Wobadwira ku Mississippi, adakulira ku Little Rock, Arkansas, adapita ku Wilberforce University ndi Oberlin Conservatory of Music, ndipo anali wophunzira wa George Whitefield Chadwick ndipo pambuyo pake Edgard Varèse. Analinso woyamba waku America waku America kuchita nyimbo yayikulu yaku America orchestra komanso woyamba kukhala ndi opera yomwe imachitika pawailesi yakanema. Chifukwa cha ubale wake wapamtima komanso mgwirizano ndi anthu odziwika bwino a zolemba ndi zikhalidwe zaku Africa-America, amadziwika kuti ndi gawo la Harlem Renaissance gulu.
Chithunzi ichi cha Still chinajambulidwa ndi Carl Van Vechten mu 1949; chithunzicho chili m’gulu la Library of Congress ku Washington, D.C.Kujambula: Carl Van Vechten; kubwezeretsedwa ndi Adam Cuerden