The first black American woman to have an orchestral piece played by a major American orchestra, Florence Bea Price’s reputation grew to importance in the 1930s alongside her colleagues William Grant Still and William Dawson.
Songs & Song Collections BY Price
(entered to date)
- Dreamin' Town
- Text:
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Fantasy in Purple (in Five Art Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Feet o' Jesus
- Text:
- Langston Hughes
- Five Art Songs - Song Collection
- Forever
- Text:
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Go Down, Moses
- Text:
- Traditional
- The Heart of a Woman
- Text:
- Georgia Douglas Johnson
- Hold Fast To Dreams (in Five Art Songs)
- Text:
- Langston Hughes
- My Dream
- Text:
- Langston Hughes
- My Little Soul’s Goin’ to Shine
- Text:
- Traditional
- My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
- Text:
- Traditional
- Night
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- Louise C. Wallace
- Songs to the Dark Virgin
- Text:
- Langston Hughes
- Sympathy (in Five Art Songs)
- Text:
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- To My Little Son (in Five Art Songs)
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- Julia Johnson Davis
- Travel's End (in Five Art Songs)
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- Mary Folwell Hoisington
- Trouble Done Come My Way
- Text:
- Florence Price
- What's the Use?
- Text:
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
RELATED INFORMATION
- REC Music: Florence Price songs
- AfriClassical.com: Florence Price
- University of Arkansas: Florence Price
- The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
- “Song to the Dark Virgin”: Race and Gender in Five Art Songs of Florence B. Price (Master of Music Thesis, CCM)
- WQXR: Florence Price, "The Price of Admission" with Terrance McKnight
