Composer William Grant Still

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William Grant Still

Living place: Mississippi

Birthday: 11-5-1895

Global rank: #43490

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Who is Composer William Grant Still?
African-American composer who became the first black man to conduct a major orchestra. During his career, he wrote and performed about 150 musical works.
He obtained two Guggenheim Fellowships during his career.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he was awarded a scholarship.

Family life info

He was born and raised in Woodville, Mississippi. He married Letitia George in 1847. They raised two children and a stepchild.

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He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Howard University, which is where the inventor Patricia Bath studied.

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When was Composer William Grant Still born?
William Grant Still was born in 11-5-1895, death year is , at the age of 129.
Where is Composer William Grant Still's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William Grant Still was born in Mississippi, . is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. William Grant Still's global rank is 43490 and whose rank is 242 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1895 and 11-5

Birthday William Grant Still (11-5) in history

  • Day 11-5 year 1858: Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.
  • Day 11-5 year 1894: The Pullman Strike began.
  • Day 11-5 year 1949: Siam changed its name to Thailand.
  • Day 11-5 year 1960: Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
  • Day 11-5 year 1973: Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.
  • Day 11-5 year 1981: Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.
  • Day 11-5 year 1997: IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1 for Kasparov, and 3 ties).
  • Day 11-5 year 1998: India set off atomic blasts.
  • Day 11-5 year 2003: 91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.
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