William Grant Still, conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: William Grant Still, conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 1936
Alternative title: "William Grant Still, Composer" from Miriam Matthews' Binder
Photographer: Moore, Pryor
Date Created: 1936
Date: 1936
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: William Grant Still was an American composer, who composed more than 150 works, including five symphonies and eight operas. [Wikipedia]
Portrait of William Grant Still conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra during a rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl.
Caption: Grant Still-first Negro to conduct a major symphony orchestra. Rehearsing the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra in the Hollywood Bowl (1936) Snapped by Pryor Moore.

Genre: photographs
Names: Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Subject Geographic: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.112702
Latitude: -118.338907
Resource type: still image
Subjects: African American composers
African American musicians
Orchestras