Listening Chart 25 Still, Afro-American Symphony, fourth movement (Lento, con risoluzione)

Still, Afro-American Symphony, fourth movement (Lento, con risoluzione)

Free rondo. 8 min., 32 sec.

A Long, hymnlike melody in strings, accompanied by low brasses and other winds

Be proud, my Race, in mind and soul;

Thy name is writ on Glory’s scroll In characters of fire.

High ‘mid the clouds of Fame’s bright sky

Thy banner’s blazoned folds now fly, And truth shall lift them higher.

Paul Laurence Dunbar
1:43 B (Episode 1) New blues theme presented by woodwinds, alternating with horns and trumpets
2:07 Strings take over blues theme, with more chromaticism, alternating with woodwinds.
2:37 Buildup to brief climax; subsides to leave only horns and woodwinds
3:09 Slowed-down version of blues theme; strings with bassoon, later flute
4:32 Cadence of string melody; woodwind transition back to A
4:59 A Hymn melody returns in cellos; harp is prominent; cut off by B.
6:16 B (Episode 2) Vivace: Blues theme returns in quick, staccato version; woodwinds.
6:32 Chromatic slides in strings and woodwinds
6:42 Hymn theme (A), varied, begins to reappear, in fast staccato version; timpani and brasses.
7:04 Chromatic slides in strings; quick blues theme in woodwinds
7:13 A theme emerges again; timpani and brasses.
7:32 Expectant harmonies
7:37 A Climactic, partial restatement of hymn theme in brasses; blues figures in strings