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| | Still, William Grant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | It was recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Neeme Jarvi, Conductor, on Chandos 9226 (1993). |
 | | A succession of commissions and first performances by major symphony orchestras around the country, the Hollywood Bowl appearance conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the CBS broadcast of Lenox Avenue, the Perisphere commission, were more than most composers could hope for in a lifetime. |
 | | Excerpt: "He was the first African-American to conduct a major American orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera performed on national television. |
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