Context and Creativity: William Grant Still in Los Angeles

Since New York and the East Coast were, in his opinion, stifling, Los Angeles became the most ideal urban city in the United States for him to live, initially because of work opportunities (i.e., Hollywood) and social environment, but also he loved the physical setting. Since Los Angeles has been on...

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Published in:Black music research journal 2011-03, Vol.31 (1), p.1-27
Main Author: DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African American market
African music
Art music
Black communities
Cities
Composers
Context
Creativity
Idioms
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Music
Music composition
Musical performance
Musicians
Musicians & conductors
Publishing industry
R&D
Research & development
Still, William Grant (1895-1978)
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Summary:Since New York and the East Coast were, in his opinion, stifling, Los Angeles became the most ideal urban city in the United States for him to live, initially because of work opportunities (i.e., Hollywood) and social environment, but also he loved the physical setting. Since Los Angeles has been one of most culturally diverse cities in United States, if not the world, since its founding, the city provided a context for him to enlarge the vocabulary of idioms he chose for composi- tions.
ISSN:0276-3605
1946-1615
DOI:10.5406/blacmusiresej.31.1.0001