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Two photos of William Grant Still playing cello, 1920s, and conducting at the Hollywood Bowl, circa 1967

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Title: Two photos of William Grant Still playing cello, 1920s, and conducting at the Hollywood Bowl, circa 1967
Alternative Title: William Grant Still, conducting
Date Created and/or Issued: [1920 & 1967]
1920/1967
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 playing cello in the 1920s (left), and conducting at the Hollywood Bowl, circa 1967.
William Grant Still was an American composer, who composed more than 150 works, including five symphonies and eight operas. [Wikipedia]
Written on back of photo: R. Grant Still, composer.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b21_f12_007a.tif
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Subject: African American composers
African American conductors (Music)
African American musicians
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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