Songs of Margaret A. Bonds & Florence B. Price on 'There Is No Gender In Music' on WQXR

[Florence B. Price]

On Sunday, March 4, 2012 WQXR.org aired a program entitled 'There Is No Gender In Music.' It featured two songs of Florence B. Price (1887-1953) and one of Margaret A. Bonds (1913-1972). Both composers are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List for each by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com:

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'There Is No Gender In Music' [Excerpt] 

Sunday, March 04, 2012

"There is no gender in music," said composer Elinor Remick Warren. In this program we look at the lives and songs of generations of American women composers.

My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
Florence Price, arr. / Traditional
Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano.

Songs to the Dark Virgin
Florence Price / Langston Hughes
Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano.


Poème d’Automne from Songs of the Seasons
Margaret Bonds / Langston Hughes
Louise Toppin, soprano; John O’Brien, piano.