Folk Suite No. 4

• Still composed his four Folk Suites for chamber ensemble in 1962.¹
• Still originally scored this suite for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano. Several arrangements (by other composers) for different forces have been published.²
  • The wind quintet version of this suite was arranged by Adam Lesnick.³
• The folk songs arranged in this suite are from Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil.⁴

Movements 

1. El Monigote 
2. Anda Buscando de Rosa en Rosa 
3. Tayeras⁵

1. Gayle Murchison and Catherine Parsons Smith, “Still, William Grant,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 10, 2022, https://oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000026776.
2. “Works for String Quartet, Mixed Chamber Group, and Voice Chamber Group,” William Grant Still Music, accessed February 10, 2022, http://www.williamgrantstillmusic.com/WorksforStringQuartetMixedChamberGroupVoiceChamberGroup.htm#Folk%20Suite%204%20(Still’s%20Original%20Work). 
3. “Folk Suite No. 4 by William Grant Still,” Sheet Music Plus, accessed February 10, 2022, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/folk-suite-no-4-sheet-music/20828758. 
4. Ibid.
5. “Works for String Quartet, Mixed Chamber Group, and Voice Chamber Group,” William Grant Still Music.