In Search Of . . . Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953)

October 9, 2022

    “Unfortunately the work of a woman composer is preconceived by many to be light, frothy, lacking in depth, logic and virility. Add to that the incident of race — I have Colored blood in my veins — and you will understand some of the difficulties that confront one in such a position . […]

2022 | Piano Series, Strings | Tags: Adoration, black composer, Fantasie nègre, female composer, Florence Beatrice Price, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Marian Anderson, My Soul’s Been Anchored in de Lord, National Association of Negro Musicians, Piano Sonata in E minor, Rodman Wanamaker Music competition, Symphony in E minor