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William Grant Still




WILLIAM GRANT STILL



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Works for Orchestra with Soloist(s) or Chorus

Prices are for scores only unless otherwise noted. If price is for score only, call about purchase of parts or rental.

Due to the frequent violation of copyright laws, there are NO RETURNS ON SHEET MUSIC ORDERS.





Orchestra with Chorus
All That I Am

A hymn by Still which was orchestrated by Ray Anthony Delia.
Instrumentation: 2-2-3-1; 3-2-3-0; hp., str., chorus, SATB.
Duration (in min.): 2, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $10.70 Score



Orchestra with Soloists and Chorus
And They Lynched Him on a Tree

Instrumentation: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2-EH-2-2; 3-3-3-1; timp., susp. cymb., hp., str., double mixed chorus, SATB, narrator, cont. soloist. (Orchestra can be replaced with piano.)
Duration (in min.): 17:24, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $47.00 Both scores



Orchestra with Soloists and Chorus
Caribbean Melodies

Instrumentation: drums, tom-toms, vegetable grater, rattle, pno., chorus, SATBB, dancers, 6 soloists (2 sop., mezzo, cont., ten., bar.)
Duration (in min.): 60, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $27.20 Score



Orchestra with Soloists
Caribbean Suite

An arrangement of Carribean Melodies for solo voices, steel pans, percussion, and piano, with dancers ad libitum by Vivian Taylor. Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $68.00 Score and parts



Orchestra with Chorus
Christmas in the Western World

Also titled LAS PASCUAS: a) A Maiden was Adoring God, the Lord, b) Ven, Nino Divino, c) Aguinaldo, d) Jesous Ahatonhia, e) Tell Me, Shepherdess, f) De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, g) Los Reyes Magos, h) La Pinata, i) Glad Christmas Bells, j) Sing, Shout, Tell the Story!
Instrumentation: string orchestra, pno., chorus; or, quartet, pno., chorus.
Duration (in min.): 20.

CONTACT PEER MUSIC FOR PURCHASE.(If you experience any difficulties in obtaining this sheet music from Peer Music, please contact us at WGS Music.)







Orchestra with Soloist
Citadel

Instrumentation: string orchestra, pno., voice.
Duration (in min.): 2, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $26.90 Score



Orchestra with Solo Piano(s)
A Deserted Plantation

A suite: a) Yistiddy - An' Today, b) Spiritual, c) Young Missy, d) Dance.
Prepared for publication by Dr. Dane Teter.
Instrumentation #1: 2-2-EH-4-4saxes-1; 1-3-3-1; timp., perc., banjo/guitar, hp., pno., str.
Instrumentation #2: fl., ob., 3clar., EH, 4saxes; 0-3-3-1; perc., banjo/guitar, cel. 2pnos, strs.
Duration (in min.): 19, Publisher: WGSM.
Instr #1

Instr #2



Price: $35.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist (?)
The Devotion of a People

A Spiritual collection for piano and orchestra. This work is missing from archives.





Orchestra with Soloist
Dismal Swamp

Instrumentation: 3(3rd ad picc.)-2-EH-4-3(3rd ad contrab.); 4-3-3-1; timp., perc., vibrap., trian., drums, cymbs, solo pno., str.
Duration (in min.): 15, Publisher: CFI.

CONTACT CARL FISCHER FOR DETAILS.





Orchestra with Harp Soloist
Ennanga

Instrumentation: String orchestra and harp. Duration (in min.): 15:50.
CONTACT WILLIAM GRANT STILL MUSIC FOR RENTAL.

Version also available for harp, piano and string quartet--see Mixed Chamber Group section of this website.







Orchestra with Soloists and Chorus
From a Lost Continent

Instrumentation: 2-1-2-2; 0-0-0-0; timp., bells, chime, trian., maracas, sn. drum, tom-tom, susp. cymb., hp., str., chorus, SATB, sop. and ten. soloists.
Duration (in min.): 15, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $21.80 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
From the Hearts of Women

a) Little Mother, b) Coquette, c) Midtide, d) Bereft.
Instrumentation: string orchestra, hp., sop.; or, fl., ob., pno., quartet, sop.
Other versions available: voice and pno., 2 hps. and fl., 2 hps. and clar., and flute choir (as arranged by Emily Brown for soprano and nine flutes).
Duration (in min.): 9, Publisher: WGSM.
Original Orch Score

Voice-Piano

2 Hps-Flute

2 Hps-Clarinet

Flute-Choir



Price: $27.20 Orch score, $18.90 Voice & piano score, $45.85 2 Hps-Flute or Clar., $89.90 Flute Choir score and parts



Orchestra with Chorus
Glory to the Newborn King

An excerpt from an early version of CHRISTMAS IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
Instrumentation: string orchestra, pno., chorus, SATB.
Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $5.75 P-V Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Grief

An orchestration of GRIEF for solo voice and piano. [Originally titled "Weeping Angel" by the composer.]
Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2; 3-0-2-1; cel., hp., str., sop. soloist.
Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $10.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist and Chorus
Here's One

An arrangement of the Spiritual for voice.
Instrumentation: fl., pno., str., mez. or chorus, SATB.
Versions are also available for fl., pno., quartet; chorus, SATB, pno., mezzo sop. solo or divisi; med. voice, pno.; violin and pno.
Duration (in min.): 4, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $14.95 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Here's One: A Still Medley

An arrangement by Sheldon Bair for orchestra and vocal soloist.
Instrumentation: 2-1-EH-2-2; 2-2-2-1(op.); timp. cymb., sn. dr., hp. or pno., str., mezzo or bar. soloist.
Duration (in min.): 4, Publisher: WGSM.
Review CD available.



Price: $16.95 Score (parts on rental)



Orchestra with Chorus
Jungle Drums

An early, substandard work by Phil Boutelje, with some orchestration sketched in by Still; only the piano-conductor sketch remains.
Instrumentation: orchestra and chorus. Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $10.00 Piano-Conductor's Sketch



Orchestra with Piano Solo
Kaintuck'

Instrumentation: 3(3rd ad picc.)-2-EH-4-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., perc., str., solo pno.
A version of this piece is also available for 2 pianos.
Duration (in min.): 13, Publisher: CFI.

CONTACT CARL FISCHER FOR RENTAL.




Price: $29.95 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Levee Land

The piece made famous by Florence Mills, recently restored from photostats; a) Levee Song, b) Hey-Hey, c) Croon, d) The Backslider.
Instrumentation: 0-0-3-1; alt. sax.; drums, ten. banjo, pno., 2 v., sop.
Duration (in min.): 10, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $42.95 Score



Orchestra with Chorus
Lift Every Voice and Sing

A piece by J. Rosamond Johnson, arranged by Still.
Instrumentation: fl., pno., str.
Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $14.95 Score



Orchestra with Soloists
The Little Song That Wanted To Be A Symphony

Instrumentation: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2(2nd ad EH)-2-2; 3-3-2-1; timp., bells, glock., xylo., slap stick, maracas, castanets, trian., tamb., wood blk., drums, cymbs., hp., cel., str., narrator, 3 sop., or str. substit.
(Parts also available for fl. 3, EH, bass cl., horn 4, trom. 3.)
Duration (in min.): 19, Publisher: CFI.

CONTACT CARL FISCHER FOR RENTAL. (If you are unable to acquire the music from Carl Fischer, please contact William Grant Still Music.)







Orchestra with Soloist
The Path of Glory

a) Prologue, b) Invocation, c) Call to Battle, d) Judgment, e) Elegy.
Instrumentation: 3-2-EH-3-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., perc., hp., str., bass bar. soloist.
Duration (in min.): 15, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $34.40 Score



Orchestra with Soloist and Chorus
Plain-Chant for America

Instrumentation: 3(3rd ad picc.)-2-EH-3-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., drums, cymbs., hp., str., mixed chorus, SATB, or bar. soloist.
Duration (in min.): 10, Publisher: WGSM.
Cond Score

Vocal Score

SATB



Price: $14.95 Conductor's score, $11.00 Solo vocal score, $1.70 SATB



Orchestra with Soloist
Preludes 1-5

Instrumentation: strings, flute and piano.
Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $21.50 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Promised Land

Sacred cantata by Frederick Martens, music by Still; only the sketch remains from the composer's journal. Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $14.95 Sketch



Orchestra with Chorus
A Psalm for the Living

Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2; 4-2-2-1; perc., hp., pno., str., mixed chorus, SATB.
Duration (in min.): 10, Publisher: Bourne.



Price: $2.50 SATB score (Contact Bourne for rental.)



Orchestra with Soloist (or Chorus)
Rhapsody

a. Pastorale, b. Romance, c. Lullaby, d. Paean.
Instrumentation: 2-2-EH-2-2; 3-3-2-1; timp., sm. trian., bell, cymbs., hp., cel., str., sop. soloist or chorus, SATB.
A version for soprano (in A-major) with strings and piano is available, as edited by Louise Toppin.
Versions of this piece are also available for color. sop. and pno., or quartet, pno., and sop. soloist, or chorus and pno, or voice, piano and strings in the key of A or the key of Bb.
Duration (in min.): 15, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $26.90 Score



Orchestra with Soloists and Chorus
Rising Tide

An orchestration of the theme music composed by Still for the 1939 World's Fair.
Instrumentation: clar., bass., alt.  ten. sax., hrns., 3 tr., trom., str., chorus, SATBB or SSATBB.
A version of this piece is also available for piano and solo voice, and another orchestration of it is available under the title, SONG OF A CITY.
Duration (in min.): 3, Publisher: MCA/WGSM.



Price: $20.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloists
Romance

An arrangement of the ROMANCE for sax and piano.
Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2; sax.; 2-0-2-0; hp., str.
The version for sax and piano is also available from Bourne.
Duration (in min.): 3, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $15.95 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Song for the Lonely

Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2; 3-1-2-1; hp., cel., str., voice
Versions of this piece are also available for hp. and mezzo; quartet and mezzo; sop., quartet and pno.
Duration (in min.): 4, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $26.90 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Song for the Valiant

Instrumentation: 0-0-0-0; 4-0-3-1; hp., str., high voice, Ab.
A conductor's score only exists for a version for low voice (Eb) and orchestra; a version also available for high voice and pno, Ab.
Duration (in min.): 3, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $20.00 Conductor's Score for Low Voice



Orchestra with Chorus
Song of a City

Another title for the piece, RISING TIDE.
Instrumentation: 3-2-EH-3-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., perc., xylo., trian., drums, cymbs., hp., str., chorus.
Duration (in min.): 3, Publisher: MCA/WGSM.



Price: $20.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Songs of Separation for Orchestra

An orchestration of the SONGS OF SEPARATION written for solo voice; some sections not extracted yet.
Instrumentation: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2-EH-3-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., chime, cymbs., hp., cel., str., mezzo-sop. soloist, or ba. soloist.
This piece is also available for mezzo and hp.; sop., mezzo or ba. and pno., or pno. and quartet.
Duration (in min.): 12, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $25.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Suite for Violin and Orchestra

An arrangement of the SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO.
Instrumentation: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2-EH-3-2(2nd ad contrab.); 4-3-3-1; timp., bells, marimba, tom-tom, cymbs., hp., cel., str., solo voice.
Duration (in min.): 15, Publisher: CFI.

CONTACT CARL FISCHER FOR PERUSAL SCORE.





Orchestra with Violin
Summerland for Violin and Orchestra

An arrangement of SUMMERLAND for piano.
Instrumentation: 3-2-EH-3-2; 0-0-0-0; timp., hp., str., solo violin.
Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $10.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist and Chorus
Those Who Wait

Instrumentation: 3-2-EH-3-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., perc., drums, cymbs., hp., str., chorus, SSATBB, ba. soloist.
Duration (in min.): 10, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $37.50 Both scores



Orchestra with Soloist or Chorus
Three Rhythmic Spirituals

a) Lord, I Looked Down the Road, b) Hard Trials, c) Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me. For vocal solo, or for chorus, with orchestra.
The version for orchestra and chorus was arranged by William Grant Still. The original by Jeffrey L. Webb is now available.
Instrumentation for solo/orchestra version: 2-2-2-2; 3-0-2-0; timp., perc., hp., cel., str., and soloist.
Instrumentation for the choral/orchestra version: 2-2-4-2; 3-0-2-0; timp., perc., hp., cel., str., and chorus.
Duration (in min.): 9, Publisher: WGSM/Bourne.
Orch/Soloist

Orch/Chorus



Price: $20.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist
Troubled Island: Denouement

The last scene of the opera, TROUBLED ISLAND, arranged for orchestra.
Instrumentation: str. orchestra and cont. soloist. Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $20.00 Score



Orchestra with Soloist and Chorus
Wailing Woman

Instrumentation: 3( picc.)-2-EH-3-2; 4-3-3-1; hp., cel., str., mixed chorus, SATB, and sop. soloist.
Duration (in min.): 9:12, Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $28.00 Both scores



Orchestra with Piano
Yamekraw

A composition by James P. Johnson orchestrated by Still for jazz piano and orchestra.
Instrumentation: 1-1-2-1; 3 sax.; 2-2-1-1; drs., banjo, strs., solo pno., timp.
Publisher: WGSM.



Price: $25.00 Score














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