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William Grant Still - Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" (1937)

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. Please support my channel: https://ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans Symphony No. 2 in G minor "Song of a New Race" (1937) Dedication: Isabel Morse Jones I. Slowly (0:00) 2. Slowly and deeply expressive (10:03) 3. Moderately fast (18:25) 4. Moderately slow (22:08) Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi William Grant Still contrasted his Symphony No. 2 with his earlier Symphony No. 1. If Symphony No. 1 "represented the Negro of days not far removed from the Civil War," Symphony No. 2 represented "the American colored man of today, in so many instances a totally new individual produced through the fusion of White, Indian and Negro bloods". According to one reviewer commenting on the premiere performance of the symphony by the Philadelphia Orchestra, "[The symphony]'s characteristically expansive, lyrical string writing seems specifically intended to exploit that orchestra’s famously silky string sound. Near the climax of the first movement, and at key moments elsewhere, the brasses-trumpets and trombones especially, punctuate the texture with gestures suggesting call and response, elements of the African American essence that persistently asserts itself even as blacks were more fully integrated into the wider, more diverse American culture." The work was first performed on December 10, 1937, by the Philadelphia Orchestra led by conductor Leopold Stokowski.