File:William Grant Still by Carl Van Vechten.jpg

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Portrait of William Grant Still

Date

12 March 1949

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Author



Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
Authority file	: Q312851 VIAF: 5056030 ISNI: 0000000115587789 ULAN: 500058409 LCCN: n78095475 NLA: 35576955 WorldCat

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Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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	This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 9 February 2016. It was captioned as follows:

English: American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), pictured in 1949. He was the first African-American composer to have a symphony performed by a leading orchestra (his Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" in 1931), the first to have an opera produced by a major opera company (Troubled Island in 1949), and the first to have an opera performed on television (A Bayou Legend broadcast in 1981).

Other languages:

Bosanski: Američki kompozitor William Grant Still bio je prvi afroamerički kompozitor koji čiju je simfoniju (simfonija br. 1 "Afroamerička") izveo neki od svjetskih poznatih orkestara.

Čeština: Americký hudební skladatel William Grant Still.

English: American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), pictured in 1949. He was the first African-American composer to have a symphony performed by a leading orchestra (his Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" in 1931), the first to have an opera produced by a major opera company (Troubled Island in 1949), and the first to have an opera performed on television (A Bayou Legend broadcast in 1981).

Español: Retrato del compositor clásico estadounidense William Grant Still (1895-1978).

Français : Le compositeur américain William Grant Still (1895–1978), photographié en 1949. Il est le premier compositeur afro-américain à avoir une symphonie interprétrée par un grand orchestre (sa symphone n^o 1 en 1931), le premier à avoir un opéra produit par une troupe lyrique d'envergure internationale (Troubled Island en 1949) et le premier à avoir un opéra joué à la télévision (A Bayou Legend broadcast en 1981).

Italiano: Il compositore statunitense William Grant Still.

Magyar: William Grant Still zeneszerző portréja 1949-ből

Nederlands: De Afro-Amerikaanse componist William Grant Still (1895–1978).

Português: Compositor clássico norte-americano William Grant Still (1895–1978), o primeiro afro-americano a ter uma sinfonia (Sinfonia No. 1 "Afro-americana"), executada por uma importante orquestra, o primeiro a ter uma ópera (Troubled Island) produzida por uma grande companhia de ópera, e o primeiro a ter uma ópera (A Bayou Legend), apresentada na televisão.

Македонски: Американскиот композитор Вилијам Грант Стил — првиот афроамериканец со симфонија и опера во изведба на познати оркестри и оперски трупи.

한국어: 미국 작곡가 윌리엄 그랜트 스틸은 처음으로 선두의 오케스트라가 그 작곡한 심포니(심포니 No. 1 "아프리카계 미국인")를 연주하고, 처음으로 메이저 오페라단이 그의 오페라(‘트러블드 아일랜드’)를 제작하고, 처음으로 텔레비전에서 그의 오페라(베이유 레전드)가 공연된 최초의 아프리카계 미국인 작곡가이다.

中文：美国作曲家威廉·格兰特·斯特是第一位让知名乐团演凑其交响曲 (他的Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" 作品) 的非裔美国人作曲家；第一位歌剧作品 (Troubled Island) 由主流歌剧公司制作；第一位歌剧作品(A Bayou Legend this time) 在电视上演出的作曲家。

中文（繁體）：美國作曲家威廉·格蘭特·斯特是第一位讓知名樂團演湊其交響曲 (他的 Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" 作品) 的非裔美國人作曲家；第一位歌劇作品 (Troubled Island) 由主流歌劇公司製作；第一位歌劇作品 (A Bayou Legend this time) 在電視上演出的作曲家。

Licensing

This work is from the Carl Van Vechten Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
As the restrictions on this collection expired in 1986, the Library of Congress believes this image is in the public domain. However, the Carl Van Vechten estate has asked that use of Van Vechten's photographs "preserve the integrity" of his work, i.e, that photographs not be colorized or cropped, and that proper credit is given to the photographer.

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	18:18, 12 January 2016	2,470 × 3,746 (3.96 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: Add a tiny bit of yellow - strict monochrome images tend to look very odd as the blue-yellow balance is too neutral.
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