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Title
William Grant Still with his wife, Verna Arvey, and children, Duncan and Judith, Los Angeles, circa 1944
Alternative Title
"William Grant Still, Composer" from Miriam Matthews' Binder
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1944]
1944
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
William Grant Still standing next to a piano holding his son, Duncan, with his wife, Verna Arvey, and daughter, Judith, seated at the piano.
William Grant Still was an American composer, who composed more than 150 works, including five symphonies and eight operas. [Wikipedia]
Verna Arvey was an American librettist, pianist and writer who is best known for her musical collaborations with her husband William Grant Still, a musician and composer.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b21_f14_013.tif
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Subject
African American composers
African American musicians
Librettists
Pianists
Still, Duncan A., 1940-
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
Still, Verna Arvey, 1910-1987
Headlee, Judith Ann Still, 1942-
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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