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The work was completed in 1932 and was first performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Frederick Stock in June 1933. The piece was Price's first full-scale orchestral composition and was the first symphony by a Black woman to be performed by a major American orchestra. [1] [2] [3]
Florence Beatrice Smith was born to Florence (Gulliver) and James H. Smith on April 9, 1887, in Little Rock, Arkansas, [4] one of three children in a mixed-race family. Her father was the only African-American dentist in the city, and her mother was a music teacher who guided Florence's early musical training. [5]
It was first performed at the Detroit Institute of Arts on November 6, 1940, by the Detroit Civic Orchestra under the conductor Valter Poole. The composition is Price's third symphony, following her Symphony in E minor—the first symphony by a black woman to be performed by a major American orchestra—and her lost Symphony No. 2. [1] [2] [3]
What to watch Friday, April 15: 'Come Dance With Me' on CBS; 'Great Performances: Florence Price' and 'Chamber Music Society Returns' on PBS
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]
Margaret Allison Bonds (March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972) [1] was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher.One of the first Black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her popular arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes. [2]
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.
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