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The “Dean of African American Composers” was William Grant Still
(1895–1978), the first African American composer to be extensively published and performed. “Grief ” is a sophisticated composer’s musing on the possibilities of a single note, floating over a series of related chords—where it might go, and how it might possibly resolve. Also known as “Weeping Angel with Pinions Trailing,” the song’s last measure leaves the oft-repeated note to step upward on the word “stands,” a surprise
to listeners—and perhaps composer—alike.

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New World Records Brooklyn, New York

Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., which records under the label New World Records, was founded in 1975.

We are dedicated to the documentation of American music that is largely ignored by the commercial recording companies.

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