Florence Price

Florence Price

First African American female composer to have a work performed by a major American orchestra, celebrated for integrating African American musical idioms into classical structures.

Premiere of Price's Symphony No. 1

Performed in 1933 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock at the 'A Century of Progress' concert.

Homophonic texture

A musical texture where a main melody in the top voice is supported by lower voices moving in coordinated rhythmic patterns.

Pentatonic scale

A five-pitch scale subset commonly found in folk music, used in Price's Symphony No. 1 to weave blues and folk characteristics into the work.

Juba Dance

An African American dance tradition involving body percussion such as clapping and foot stomping, which served as the basis for the third movement of Price's Symphony No. 1.

Rondo form

A musical structure where a principal theme recurs repeatedly throughout the movement, alternating with distinct, contrasting sections.

Florence Price

First African American female composer to have a work performed by a major American orchestra, celebrated for integrating African American musical idioms into classical structures.

Premiere of Price's Symphony No. 1

Performed in 1933 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock at the 'A Century of Progress' concert.

Homophonic texture

A musical texture where a main melody in the top voice is supported by lower voices moving in coordinated rhythmic patterns.

Pentatonic scale

A five-pitch scale subset commonly found in folk music, used in Price's Symphony No. 1 to weave blues and folk characteristics into the work.

Juba Dance

An African American dance tradition involving body percussion such as clapping and foot stomping, which served as the basis for the third movement of Price's Symphony No. 1.

Rondo form

A musical structure where a principal theme recurs repeatedly throughout the movement, alternating with distinct, contrasting sections.

Piano Concerto in One Movement

A 1934 large-scale symphonic work composed by Florence Price that was premiered by a major orchestra and praised by critics.

Symphony No. 3

A major symphonic work composed by Florence Price between 1938 and 1940.

My Soul's been Anchored in de Lord

An African American spiritual arranged by Florence Price, famously performed by soprano Marian Anderson at the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert.