William Grant Still(1895-1978): a Catalogue of the Complete Music

[Dundonnell]

The 40th and final American catalogue from me for the time being   Still was-again-not an easy composer to attempt because so many of his compositions were originally written for small, instrumental combinations and then orchestrated. It is therefore a bit of a nightmare to try to cover everything orchestral. Still also, of course, orchestrated a large number of American songs and I had to omit many of these.

WILLIAM GRANT STILL: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1921:    Three Negro Songs for medium voice and chamber orchestra  (withdrawn)
1920s:   Sacred Cantata "Promised Land"
1922:   "Black Bottom" for chamber orchestra: 10 minutes
1924/30:Symphonic Poem "Africa": 27 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
1924:   "Darker America" for orchestra: 17 minutes
             "From the Land of Dreams" women's voices and chamber for orchestra: 8 minutes
1925:   "From the Journal of a Wanderer" for orchestra: 20 minutes   (withdrawn)
             "Jungle Drums" for chorus and orchestra
1926:   Seven Little Pieces for orchestra "From the Black Belt": 12 minutes
1927:   Ballet "La Guiablesse" for orchestra: 30 minutes (and Suite: 18 minutes  + (Koch cd)
             "From the Heart of a Believer"("Puritan Epic") for orchestra  (withdrawn)
             "Log Cabin Ballads" for orchestra: 10 minutes   (lost)
1929-40:Three Portraits for orchestra
1930:   Symphony No.1 "Afro-American": 25 minutes    +  (Centaur, Bridge, Cedille, Chandos and and Naxos cds)
             Choral Ballet "Sahdji" for bass, chorus and orchestra: 45 minutes
                    (and Ballet Suite: 20 minutes    +   (Mercury and Decca cds))
             "Deep River" for orchestra
1933:   "The Deserted Plantation" for chamber orchestra: 15 minutes
             "The Ebon Chronicle" for orchestra: 9 minutes    (withdrawn)
1935:   Suite "The Black Man Dances" for Piano and Orchestra: 10 minutes  (withdrawn)
             "Quit dat fool'nish" for orchestra: 2 minutes       + (Koch and Cambria cds)
             "Kaintuck'" for Piano and Orchestra: 13 minutes    +  (Centaur cd)
1936:   "A Song at Dusk" for orchestra: 9 minutes
             "Beyond Tomorrow" for orchestra: 9 minutes
             "Dismal Swamp" for Piano and Orchestra: 15 minutes     + (Centaur cd)
1937:   Symphony No.2 in G minor "Song of a New Race": 29 minutes    + (Chandos and Naxos cds)
1938:   "Lenox Avenue: Choreographic Street Scenes" for dancers, narrator, chorus and orchestra: 23 minutes
             "Song of a City" for voice, chorus and orchestra: 10 minutes
             "Tomorrow's City" for narrator, chorus and orchestra
1939:   "Victory Tide" for chorus and orchestra: 2 minutes
1940:   "Can'tcha Line Em" for chamber orchestra: 5 minutes
             "And they Lynched him on a Tree" for narrator, contralto, hours and orchestra: 19 minutes    + (Clarion cd)
              Ballet "Miss Sally's Party": 19 minutes     +  (Clarion cd)
              "Out of the Silence" (from "Seven Traceries") for flute, piano and strings: 4 minutes      +  (New World cd)
1941:   "Old California" for orchestra or band : 10 minutes
            "Plain Chant  for America" for baritone or chorus  and orchestra: 8 minutes
            "Pages from Negro History" for narrator and orchestra: 12 minutes
1942:   March-finale for chorus and orchestra
1943:   "In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy" for orchestra: 7 minutes    *    +  (Naxos cd)
             Suite for Violin and Orchestra: 25 minutes
             Fanfare for American War Heroes for orchestra: 1 minute
             "Those Who Wait" for mezzo-soprano, bass, chorus and orchestra: 10 minutes
1944:   Poem for Orchestra: 10 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
             Festive Overture: 10 minutes    +  (CRI and Cambria cds)
             "Bells" for orchestra or chamber orchestra: 7 minutes
1945:   Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron for winds: 1 minute
             Work Song "From the Delta" for orchestra or band: 6 minutes
1945/70:Symphony No.5 "Western Hemisphere": 19 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
1946:   "Archaic Ritual" for orchestra: 20 minutes
             Pastorela for Violin and Orchestra: 11 minutes
             "Wailing Woman" for soprano, chorus and orchestra: 9 minutes   + (Clarion cd)
1947:   Suite "Wood Notes" for orchestra: 16 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
             Symphony No.4 "Autochthonous": 26 minutes    + (Naxos cd)
1948:   "From a Lost Continent" for chorus and orchestra: 15 minutes
1949:   "A Black Pierrot" (from "Songs of Separation") for medium voice and chamber orchestra: 3 minutes
1953:   "The Little Song that Wanted to be a Symphony" for narrator, two sopranos, women's voices and orchestra: 15 minutes
             "Pages from a Mother's Diary") for orchestra   
             "Sentimental Song" for orchestra: 10 minutes
1954:   "A Psalm for the Living" for chorus and orchestra: 10 minutes
             Romance for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra: 3 minutes  + (Cambria cd)
1955:   Rhapsody for soprano and orchestra: 15 minutes
1956:   "Ennanga" for piano or harp and orchestra: 15 minutes   +  (New World cd)
             Three Rhythmic Spirituals for voice and chamber orchestra: 9 minutes
1957:   Serenade for flute, clarinet, harp and orchestra or string orchestra: 8 minutes      +  (Newport Classic cd)
             "Little Red Schoolhouse for orchestra or band(revision of "Pages from a Mother's Diary"): 15 minutes
1958:   Symphony No.3 "The Sunday Symphony": 18 minutes    +  (Cambria and Naxos cds)
1959:   Five Suites for Young Americans "The American Scene" for orchestra or band: 50 minutes    (three Suites-  + Newport Classics cd)
             Legend for orchestra  (lost)
1960:   "Patterns" for chamber orchestra: 15 minutes
             "The Peaceful Land" for orchestra: 9 minutes
1961:   "The Devotion of a People-Spirituals" for medium voice and orchestra
1962:   "Los Alnados de Espana" for narrator and orchestra: 12 minutes
             Folk Suite No.4 for orchestra: 5 minutes   + (Cambria cd)
             "Path of Glory" for narrator, bass-baritone and orchestra: 15 minutes
             Preludes for flute, piano and string orchestra: 12 minutes
1963:   "Danzas de Panama" for string orchestra: 12 minutes    +  (Koch cd)
             "Folk Song" for band: 8 minutes
1965:   Miniature Overture: 2 minutes
             Threnody In Memory of Jean Sibelius for orchestra: 4 minutes
1967:   "Christmas in the Western World: las pascuas" for chorus and string orchestra:20 minutes
1970:   Choreographic Prelude for flute, piano and string orchestra: 5 minutes

[Balapoel]

For his other work:

Chamber

A look at jazz; songs, a medley, for instrumental ensemble (1922?).
Get on board; The gospel train, for flute, oboe, bassoon, piano & string quartet (1927?)
Songs; A medley, for instrumental ensemble (1927?). Includes Song of the rivermen; Slave chant; Oh! Dem golden slippers; I'm goin' where nobody knows my name; Medley of Ain't misbehavin'and Sweet Georgia Brown; Some of these days; Love will find a way; St. Louis blues.
Incantation and dance, oboe & piano (1942==1941?).
Suite, violin & piano (1943).
Pastorela, for violin & piano (1946)
Miniatures, for flute, oboe & piano (1948).
Danzas de Panamà, for string quartet (1948)
Romance, for saxophone & piano (1954).
4 Indigenous portraits, for flute & string quartet (1957)
Aria, for accordion (1960)
Lilt, for accordion (1960).
Lyric suite, string quartet (1960)
Folk suite, no. 1, flute, piano & string quartet (1962)
Folk suite, no. 2, flute, clarinet, violoncello (or bassoon) & piano (or harp) (1962).
Folk suite, no. 3, flute, oboe, bassoon & piano (1962)
Folk suite, no. 4, flute, clarinet, violoncello (or bassoon) & piano (1962)
Vignettes, for oboe, bassoon & piano (1962).
Little folk suite, no. 1, string quartet (1968). New York: Southern Music, 1968.
Little folk suite, no. 2, string quartet. New York: Southern Music, 1968
Little folk suite, no. 3, string quartet. New York: Southern Music, 1968.
Little folk suite, no. 4, string quartet. New York: Southern Music, 1968
Little folk suite, no. 5, string quartet. New York: Southern Music, 1968
Little folk suite from the Western Hemisphere, for brass quintet (1968)
I'm on my way, for 2 equal voices.
2 Cameos, for flute or violin & piano
7 Pieces, flute & piano
Bambelele e espin garda, for violin & piano.
Pompous march, for treble instruments & piano.
Terrible trailer, for treble instruments & piano.


Opera

Sahdji, for dancers, bass, SATB & orchestra, in 1 scene (1930)
Blue steel, opera in 3 acts, in 3 scenes, for soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone & chorus (1934)
Troubled island, opera in 3 acts, for dancers, 8 soloists, SATB & orchestra, in 4 scenes (1938)
A bayou legend, opera in 3 acts for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 4 tenors, 2 baritones, 2 basses, chorus & orchestra, in 3 sets
A Southern interlude, opera in 2 acts, for 4 soloists, SATB & orchestra, in one scene (1942).
Costaso, opera in 3 acts, for saoprno, mezzo-soprano; 4 tenors; 2 baritones; 3 basses; SATB, dancers & orchestra, in 4 scenes (1949).
Mota, opera in 3 acts, 4 scenes, for 8 soloists, SATB & orchestra, in 2 scenes (1951)
The pillar, opera in 3 acts, for dancer, 10 soloists, SATB & orchestra (1955)
Minette Fontaine, opera in 3 acts, for 10 soloists, SATB & orchestra, in 5 scenes (1958)
Highway 1 USA, opera in 1 act, for 4 soloists, SATB & orchestra, in one scene (1962)
The prince and the mermaid suite, incidental music to the play by Carol Stone, for soloists, chorus & chamber orchestra (1965).
Chloe, opera. Text: William Grant Still. Withdrawn
From the furnace of the sun, opera.

Piano

Reverie, for organ (1962)
Elegy, for organ (1963)
3 Visions, for piano (1935) (also for flute, harp, violin, cello and piano; piano and orchestra; orchestra; string quartet)
Quit dat fool'nish, for piano (1935).
7 Traceries, for piano (1939)
Swanee River, for piano (1939)
Swanee River; Old folks at home, for piano (1939)
Bells, for piano (1940)
Marionette, for piano (1946)
5 Animal sketches, for piano (1951)
Ring play, for piano (1962).
Prelude, piano.

Vocal

No matter what you do, for medium voice & piano (1916)
Good night, for medium voice & piano (1917)
3 Negro songs, for medium voice & chamber orchestra (1921)
Promised land, cantata (early 1920s).
Brown baby, for medium voice & piano, by Willie M. Grant [pseud.] (1923).
From the land of dreams, for SSA & chamber orchestra (1924)
Jungle drums, for chorus & orchestra (c1924)
Levee land, for soprano & instrumental nonet (1925)
The land of dreams, for 3 female sings & chamber orchestra. Première [?]: 1925
Breath of a rose, for voice & piano (1926).
Mandy Lou, for voice & piano (c1926).
Winter's approach, for high voice & piano (1926).
The breath of a rose, medium voice & piano (by 1928)
12 Negro spirituals, for medium voice & piano
Lenox Avenue; Choreographic street scenes, dancers, narrator, SATB & orchestra (1937).
Ev'ry time I feel the spirit, for medium voice & piano (1938)
Song of a city, for voice, SATB & orchestra (1938)
Tomorrow's city, for narrator, SATB & orchestra. (1938)
Rising tide, for SSATTBB & piano (1939)
Victory tide, for SATB & piano (1939).
And they lynched him on a tree, for narrator, contralto, SATB (Black chorus), SATB (White chorus) & orchestra (1940).
Here's one, for soprano, SATB & piano (1941)
Caribbean melodies, for medium voice & piano (1941). Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson, 1941.
I'm pickin' my last row of cotton; The cotton picker's song, for medium voice & piano (1941).
Plain chant for America, for baritone & organ or orchestra (1941)
Mississippi, for medium voice & piano (1942).
March-finale, for SATB & orchestra (1942)
Those who wait, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, SATB & orchestra (1942)
Bayou home, for medium voice & piano (1944).
Little David, play on your harp, for SSATB & piano (c1945?).
Sipping cider through a straw, for SATB & piano (c1945?).
Steal away to Jesus, for soprano, SAT & piano (1945?).
Were you there?, for solo, SATB & piano (c1945?).
Arkansas, for medium voice & piano (ca. 1945?).
The voice of the Lord; Mizmor Ledovid, for tenor, SATB & organ (1946)
Wailing woman, for soprano, SATB & orchestra (1946).
Ah got a home in-a dat rock, for high voice & piano
Didn't ma Lawd deliver Daniel?, for medium voice & piano (by 1948)
Good news, for medium voice & piano.
My Lawd says he's goin' to rain down fiah, for medium voice & piano. New York: Handy Bros., 1948
Peter go ring dem bells, for medium voice & piano.
From a lost continent, for SATB & orchestra (1948)
Carmela, for violin & piano (1949?)
Songs of separation, for medium voice & piano (1949)
Lament, for SSA & piano (1950)
Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass, for SATB (1950)
Up there, for medium voice & piano (1950)
Men of the army, for voice & piano (1952)
Song for the valiant, for low voice & piano (1952)
A song for the lonely, for medium voice & piano (1953)
Grief, for high voice & piano (1953)
Song for the lonely, for medium voice & piano (1953).
The little song that wanted to be a symphony, for male narrator, women's trio (or string quartet) & orchestra (1953).
A psalm for the living, for SATB & orchestra (1954)
Rhapsody, soprano & orchestra (1955).
3 Rhythmic spirituals, for SATB & piano (1956)
I feel like my time ain't long, for SSATB & piano (1956).
Is there anybody here?, for SATB & piano (1956)
The citadel, medium voice & piano (1956).
From the heart of a woman, for medium voice & piano (1961).
The devotion of a people; Spirituals, for medium voice & orchestra (1961)
The devotion of a people; Spirituals, medium voice & orchestra (1961)
Los alnados de España, for narrator & orchestra (1962)
Path of glory, for bass-baritone & orchestra (1962)
The path of glory, for bass-baritone & orchestra (1962).
All that I am, for SATB & organ (1965)
Christmas in the Western World; las pascuas, for SATB & string orchestra and/or piano (1967)
Your world, for SATB & piano (1968)
God's goin' to set this world on fire, for medium voice & piano (1968).
Song of the hunter, for medium voice & piano (1968).
4 Octavo songs, for SATB (1971)
Minorities and majorities, for SATB & piano 1971)
We sang our songs: The Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1871-1971, for SATB & piano (1971)
My brother American, for medium voice & piano (1971).
Hard times, for SATB
The blind man, for SSA & piano.
Toward distant shores, for SATB.
Where shall I be?, for SATB.
Gwinter sing all along de way, for voice & piano
Home in-a dat rock, for voice & piano.
Parted, for medium voice & piano
Glory to that new born king, for SATB, strings & piano.

[Dundonnell]

Superb

Many thanks for your additions

(Of course, inevitably, there are duplications between my listings of works for vocalists and/or chorus and orchestra and your list of vocal music