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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). 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 no 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 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。 |
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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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