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Updates? Swing dance, on the other hand, flourished in tandem with the music. His mother, Carrie Lena Fambro Still, was a teacher. The only book written on Still was by his wife, Verna Arvey, in William Grant Still (1939). [26], Still was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers". [7] In 1918 Still joined the United States Navy to serve in World War I. [3] When Professor Lehmann asked Still why he wasn't studying composition, Still told him honestly that he couldn't afford to, leading to George Andrews agreeing to teach him composition without charge. There were several firsts in William Grant Stills career. His mother now a widow, moved to live with her mother in Little Rock, Arkansas. Stills use of the blues as the symphonys unifying element manifested his engagement with this idea. William Grant Still, (born May 11, 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.died December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, California), American composer and conductor and the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. //