The Caged Bird: The life and music of Florence B. Price
Includes Six Bonus Features: Complete performances of newly discovered songs and chamber music by Florence Price
The DVD can be purchased from the University of Arkansas for $19.95 at this URL: http://www.uapress.com/dd-product/the-caged-bird/
Florence Beatrice Smith Price (1887-1953) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works Lists by Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
University of Arkansas News
November 16, 2015
A new documentary film about the life and music of Little Rock native
Florence B. Price will have its broadcast premiere on AETN at 9 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 16. The following day a live screening of the film
including a Q & A with the filmmakers will be held at the
Fayetteville Public Library at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the Walker
Community Room.
Price made music history as the first African-American woman whose
music was performed by major symphony orchestras in the 1930's. She also
collaborated with important figures including W.E.B. DuBois, Langston
Hughes, and vocalist Marian Anderson. Running throughout are
performances of Price's beautiful music performed by University of
Arkansas faculty and students, as well as leading performers from across
the U.S. The film also relies heavily on recently discovered musical
scores, documents and photos of Price that were obtained in recent years
by the U of A Special Collections library.
The film was written and edited by UA music professor emeritus James
Greeson with UA journalism professor Dale Carpenter as the associate
producer and lead videographer. Other UA faculty involved in the project
were history professor Calvin White, journalism professors Gerald
Jordan and Hayot Tuychiev, and musicology professor emerita Barbara
Jackson. UA music faculty Robert Mueller, and Er-Gene Kahng and students
Amanda Brooks, Taz Anderson and Charles Robinson Jr. are also seen and
heard in the course of the documentary.
The film was funded by major grants from the Arkansas Humanities
Council. The film is distributed by the University of Arkansas Press.
Contacts
James Greeson, professor emeritusMusic
4794423872, jgreeson@uark.edu
The Caged Bird: The life and music of Florence B. Price
I have recently created a website for the film. The URL for it is:
http://thecagedbirddoc.weebly.com/
Best Wishes,
James Greeson
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