Florence Price was a twentieth-century American composer who is rightfully finding her place in the performance canon. Dr. Samantha Ege is one of the preeminent musicologists following in the footsteps of Rae Linda Brown and others recording and promoting the work of Price. In this article she gives us a look into her journ...
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Preparation and Presentation Context: pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one William Gillock: Deserted PlantationAarm Khatchaturian: Ivan SingsFrédéric Chopin: Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. Robert Schumann: Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Get...
Preparation and Presentation Context: pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one Florence Price: #5 from 6 Pieces for PianoWilliam Gillock: "Soaring in E-flat major" from Lyric PreludesEdward MacDowell: To A Wild Rose, op. 51, no. 1Enrique Granados: Dedication, op. 1, no. 1Artina McCain: any of the African Ame...
Preparation and Presentation Context: pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one William Gillock: Deserted PlantationAarm Khatchaturian: Ivan SingsFrédéric Chopin: Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. Robert Schumann: Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Get...
RÜCKBLICK: NEW PIANO MUSIC INSPIRED BY BRAHMS: Ann DuHamel, The depth of programming and playing in DuHamel's latest album, which introduces newly commissioned works inspired by Johannes Brahms' oeuvre, is striking. Casual listeners will enjoy snippets of his most beloved melodies, while astute connoisseurs will be delighted by the cleve...
The unconscionable neglect of one of America's greatest composers is finally encountering a slow-burn renaissance which one hopes, for all those pianists and piano teachers with progress in their sights, will become an incandescence of music-making. While those interested in the keyboard music of this composer, described by...
PAMELA D. PIKE, Editor in Chief and Chief Content Director As I write the editorial column for this issue, the restful summer days are waning, autumn is on the horizon, and preparations for a new year of teaching are underway. Parker Palmer reminds us that autumn "…scatters the seeds that will bring new growth in the spring…"1 This is a valuable me...
Piano Sonata in E Minor by Florence Price Performance Videos
First steps into Ragtime If you're looking for a lively early-intermediate piece in ragtime style, you can find it in the music of Florence B. Price, one of America's preeminent African American composers. Ticklin' Toes checks all of the ragtime boxes, yet in a way that is accessible for students who are not advanced enough to tackle the music...
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In her book Hidden Figures (the basis for the 2016 movie of the same name), Margot Lee Shetterly observed, "The electrified fence of segregation and the centuries of shocks it delivered so effectively circumscribed the lives of American blacks that even after the current was turned off, the idea of climbing the fence inspir...
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