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Florence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. [2] Born in Little Rock, Arkansas , Price was educated at the New England Conservatory of Music , and was active in Chicago from 1927 until her death in 1953.
Karen Michele Walwyn (born 1962 in New York) is an American concert pianist, classical music composer, and recording artist. She is an interpreter, advocate, and scholar of Florence B. Price and is noted as the first pianist to record the Florence Price Concerto in E minor for Piano along with a number of other premiere solo piano works of Price which drew many praises including a quote by ...
In 1987, she made her recording debut with an album of piano works by Florence Price. [8] She was the first pianist to make a recording of Price's music. [9] A review in the academic journal The Black Perspective in Music highlighted the album's significance as a record of an important figure (Price) in American music history. [8]
Price, date unknown. Ethiopia's Shadow in America is an orchestral composition written by Florence Price in 1932. It received honorable mention for piano pieces in that year's Rodman Wanamaker Music Contest. [1] [2] According to Florence Price, the three linked movements are intended to portray:
Price, date unknown. The Symphony in E minor is the first symphony written by the American composer Florence Price.The work was completed in 1932 and was first performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Frederick Stock in June 1933.
Brown's 1987 dissertation focused on composer Florence Price. [3] Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s Brown rediscovered, edited, and published critical analyses of Florence Price's music. Brown's work in this area became the basis for a wider recognition of Price's role in and contribution to American music.