William Grant Still: Lenox Avenue (1937)

William Grant Still Lenox Avenue (1937) The Los Angeles WPA Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Grant Still William Grant Still (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions. He was the first African American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony (his first symphony) performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera p