Florence B. Price
John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:
The Heart of a Woman offers
the first-ever biography of Florence B. Price, a composer whose career
spanned both the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, and the first African
American woman to gain national recognition for her works.
Price's
twenty-five years in Chicago formed the core of a working life that saw
her create three hundred works in diverse genres, including symphonies
and orchestral suites, art songs, vocal and choral music, and
arrangements of spirituals. Through interviews and a wealth of material
from public and private archives, Rae Linda Brown illuminates Price's
major works while exploring the considerable depth of her achievement.
Brown also traces the life of the extremely private individual from her
childhood in Little Rock through her time at the New England
Conservatory, her extensive teaching, and her struggles with racism,
poverty, and professional jealousies. In addition, Brown provides
musicians and scholars with dozens of musical examples.
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