Download Download PDF. Translate PDF. After moving to Chicago in to pursue a better, safer life than any- thing possible in the virulently racist U.
More than a decade after her death her reputation was still so great that the City of Chicago Public Schools named the Florence B. Price Elementary School after her in That school closed in , but the same building still bears her name: the Florence B.
And through it all she composed. Florence Beatrice Price penned hundreds of compositions of astonishing richness and breadth which gave voice to a musical imagination that would not be stilled de- spite the limitations that her world would have imposed on her because of her race and her sex.
Another major 1 Although Price is mentioned in many texts that deal with African American composers and women in music, many of these sources repeat the same, rather basic information. Ramsey, jr. Price, ed. She wrote four symphonies and other large-scale orchestral pieces; concertos for the piano and the violin ; two string quartets, and other chamber and instrumental pieces, as well as large-scale choral works, songs and numerous solo organ and piano pieces — including her Piano Sonata that won the Rodman Wanamaker Contest in Musical Composition.
She made history when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed her Symphony in E minor, making her the first female Black composer to have a symphony performed by a major US orchestra. Although Price wrote over pieces of music, her work was largely forgotten after she died. On 15 June , Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed a new piece by a then-unknown composer.
The composer in question was Florence Price , and the performance made history for being the first by a major US orchestra of a work by a Black female composer.
The three-movement piece is characterised by memorable, syncopated melodies and ravishing dramatic flourishes that arrive amidst reflective, impressionistic moments. GFA Spotlight Series. This site uses cookies to analyze your use of our products, to assist with promotional and marketing efforts, to analyze our traffic and to provide content from third parties.
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