Songs for Bassoon & Piano

Songs for Bassoon & Piano

Black composer William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") composed "Songs for Bassoon and Piano", which were arranged by Alexa Still. The work has three movements:

I. Bayou Home
II. If You Should Go
III. Song for the Lonely

Duration: 20 minutes

Still, William Grant (1895-1978)

William Grant Still (website), https://williamgrantstillmusic.com/

William Grant Still (Wikipedia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grant_Still

Williiam Grant Still, Songs for Bassoon and Piano (score), https://www.trevcomusic.com/products/io-9702-still-three-songs-bsn-pn

Lecolion Washington, "Bayou Home" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVD_lGFOv4&list=OLAK5uy_m3cQXq6bd5l4yvrFmzE9crdjTaNcFG2pA&index=5&ab_channel=LecolionWashington-Topic

1995

20+ minutes

1950-1999

bassoon / basson

piano

duo