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Still, William Grant
Cruise of the Beebird. Operettas: The Fire Prince; In Arcaay; Bells of Beaujolais; Dragon of Woo Fee; Falso Fernando; Love's Sacrifice; All at Sea; also several cantatas. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Stewart, Dorothy M., composer, author, pianist; b. Melbourne, Aus­tralia, March 21, 1897. ASCAP 1948. U.S. citizen. Educ: St. Peter's School, Lara College, Melbourne, Australia; Juilliard School of Music, New York. In music with private tutors; singing with Hortense Fyffe, pianoforte with Herr Gustave de Chaneet. Pianist and entertainer, toured Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada. Guest artist and own program on major networks in Australia and United States. American representa­tive of Australian theaters, music publishers, radio and television com­panies. Songs: "Now Is the Hour"; "Give Me Your Hand"; "God Bless Australia"; "Wedding Bells"; "Be True'; "Magic Island; "A Rose, A Book and A Ring"; "Hear These Words"; "Blue Velvet"; "Old Fash-ioned Christmas." Also educational compositions and special children's series of music and dialogue for re­cordings. Home: New York, N.Y. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Stickles, William, composer, ar­ranger, teacher, editor; b. Cohoes, N.Y., March 7. ASCAP 1928. Educ.: Utica Cons., Syracuse Univ. Abroad for seven years of advanced study, at same time acting as assistant to Isa-dore Braggiotti, voice teacher, Flor­ence, Italy, five years; solo repititeur of Hof Theater, Munich with Felix Mottl, two years, returning to U.S. to teach, Boston and New York. Works: many choral, organ and piano ar­rangements of standard compositions; original works: "Samoan Love Songs"; "Who Knows"; "Ah, Mv Beloved"; "The Open Road"; "Peter Pan"; "The
Mither Heart"; "Expectancy"; "My Soul is Athirst for God"; "Grant Me, Dear Lord, Deep Peace of Mind"; "Thus Saith the Lord"; "Still, Still With Thee." Home: 3 North Dr., Malba, L.I., N.Y.
Still, William Grant, composer; b. Woodville, Miss., May 11, 1895. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: Little Rock, Ark., public schools and Wilberforce Univ., Ohio; Oberlin Cons., music scholarship; later New England Cons, under Chadwick; private study with Varfese. Mastered many instruments, Became member popular orchestra, arranger for Broadway productions and conductor radio programs. First Guggenheim Fellowship, 1934; one other Guggenheim award; RosenwaW Fellowship; Eastman Publication Award, 1924; Second Harmon Award 1928, for year's most significant contribution to American Negro cul­ture; awarded $1,000 War Bond Over­ture 1945, for Cincinnati Symph. Orch. Golden Jubilee. Honorary de­grees, Master of Music, Wilberforce; Doctor of Music, Howard Univ.; honorary Doctor of Music, Oberlin College. World War I, U.S. Navy. For several years arranged and con­ducted for C.B.S. and WOR net­works. First Negro to conduct a major symphony orchestra in U.S. when he directed Los Angeles Philh. Orch. in his own compositions in Hollywood Bowl 1936. Works: Four Symphonies; Five Operas {Blue Steel; Troubled Island; A Bayou Legend; Southern Interlude; Costaso); Three Ballets (La Guiahlesse; Sahdji; Miss Sdlus Tarty); Lenox Avenue, comm. by GB.S. and later converted into Bal­let; And They Lynched Him to a Tree, for chorus and orchestra; Symphonic Poems: Darker America, Poem for Orchestra, Old California, In Memoriam; Three Virions for piano; also art songs and chamber music. Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Ad* dress: c/o ASCAP.