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• The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and Florence B. Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement

  Author:Rae Linda BrownFrom:American Music (Vol. 11, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 19935,130 words Article Florence B. Price's music, such as the Piano Concerto in One Movement, was given public exposure by the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago. This orchestra was begun in 1925, for the purpose of promoting classical...

• Chicago, the "City We Love to Call Home!": Intersectionality, Narrativity, and Locale in the Music of Florence Beatrice Price and Theodora Sturkow Ryder.

  Author:Samantha EgeFrom:American Music (Vol. 39, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 202114,329 words Critical essay 1560LFlorence Beatrice Price (1887-1953) and Theodora Sturkow Ryder (18761958) were prominent composers in interwar Chicago. (1) Both wrote works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instruments, and voice that transformed...

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  From:American Music Teacher (Vol. 71, Issue 5)

  April-May 20221,359 words Article 1370L* NEWS San Francisco Symphony Releases New Educational Video The San Francisco Symphony has released a new educational resource, Musical Heroes: Stories of African-American Composers--an exploration of the life, work...

• The International Florence Price Festival is partnering with the University of Maryland School of Music to bring together performers, scholars, and advocates from around the world to celebrate the life and legacy of the late African American composer Florence Price.

  Author:Deborah CampanaFrom:Notes (Vol. 76, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2020447 words Article 1490LThe International Florence Price Festival is partnering with the University of Maryland School of Music to bring together performers, scholars, and advocates from around the world to celebrate the life and legacy of the...

• The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price.

  Author:Lauren ShepherdFrom:Current Musicology (Issue 108) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20213,535 words Article 1490LBrown, Rae Linda. 2020. The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. The recent calls to diversify the classical Western canon have permeated all areas of...

• What Lfs: Intentional Inclusion of Music by Black Composers in Music Education.

  Author:Leah ClaiborneFrom:American Music Teacher (Vol. 71, Issue 4)

  Feb-March 20222,129 words Article 1440LTeaching music has a way of making us remember many of our own first musical milestones and the composers who helped us reach those pivotal moments. Can you remember your first recital piece? Really, try to think about...

• The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price.

  Author:Samantha EgeFrom:Journal of the American Musicological Society (Vol. 74, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 20211,985 words Article 1600LThe Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price, by Rae Linda Brown. Music in American Life. Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2020. xxiii, 295 pp. "This is a huge find," emphasized Rae Linda Brown...

• Shadow Culture Narratives: Race, Gender, and American Music Historiography.

  Authors:Naomi Andre and Denise Von GlahnFrom:Journal of the American Musicological Society (Vol. 73, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 202030,494 words Article 1690LIntroduction NAOMI ANDRE and DENISE VON GLAHN On August 18,2019, the New York Times published "The 1619 Project," a multifaceted and far-reaching initiative to retell the nation's history starting not with the...

• Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

  Author:Rae Linda BrownFrom:American Music (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 19981,193 words Sound recording revi... Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women. Irene Britton Smith. Sonata for violin and piano. Dorothy Rudd Moore. Three Pieces for violin and piano. Julia Perry. Prelude for piano. Betty Jackson King. "Spring...