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William Grant Still

1895 - 1978

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William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, art songs, chamber music, and solo works. Born in Mississippi and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Still attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of George Whitefield Chadwick and then Edgard Varèse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Grant Still has received more than 736,016 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Grant Still is the 1,389th most popular composer, the 12,490th most popular biography from United States and the 132nd most popular American Composer.

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  • 16

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Grant Still ranks 1,389 out of 1,451. Before him are Don Davis, Ray Noble, Olga Neuwirth, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, George Whitefield Chadwick, and Charles Wuorinen. After him are Lera Auerbach, Erik Mongrain, Frank Loesser, Oliver Knussen, Edvin Marton, and Ludger Stühlmeyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, William Grant Still ranks 309. Before him are Sylvia Lance Harper, Wanda Hawley, William Gilmore, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Richard Cushing, and Beattie Ramsay. After him are Rex Ingram, Dorothy Davenport, Lawrence Shields, John Boles, Frank Fredrickson, and Noel Streatfeild. Among people deceased in 1978, William Grant Still ranks 265. Before him are Valerian Gracias, George Newberry, Károly Levitzky, Ray Noble, Gertrude Mary Cox, and Selwyn Lloyd. After him are Tim McCoy, Ruth Etting, Ilka Chase, Theresa Weld, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and Hugh MacDiarmid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Grant Still ranks 12,490 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony W. England (1942), David Henrie (1989), Bobby Jones (1951), Tim Scott (1965), Willa Holland (1991), and Mary Ellen Rudin (1924). After him are William Frawley (1887), Larry Charles (1956), Gary Collins (1938), Erick Morillo (1971), Ronald J. Grabe (1945), and William Alland (1916).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, William Grant Still ranks 132. Before him are Jimmy McHugh (1894), Joseph Lamb (1887), Don Davis (1957), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), and Charles Wuorinen (1938). After him are Frank Loesser (1910), Robert Ashley (1930), Justin Hurwitz (1985), Bernie Worrell (1944), Jeremy Soule (1975), and Steve Roach (1955).

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