Her music
Florence Price's handwriting was
very neat, not messy at all
Florence Price was not poor. What kind of instrument did she have in her house while growing up?
A very expensive grand piano
Spirituals combined two kinds of music, which ones?
Christian religious music & music of Africa
Did Ms. Faith perform any pieces by Florence Price in her last recital?
Yes
The name of the violin piece played on the documentary
Violin concerto no. 1
The town where Price was born
Little Rock, Arkansas
Besides being beautiful music, what else could a spiritual have been to an enslaved person?
Coded messages
In 1931, the same year she wrote her piano sonata no. 1, Florence Price wrote which big piece which won a top prize in a competition?
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
"the find of the 21st century in classical music!"
What is Florence Price's lost 2nd violin concerto?
In 1927 Price moved to Chicago and got a job doing what?
Playing the organ for silent films in the theater
What kind of coded message could the spiritual "wade in the water" have had to enslaved people?
go into the river to hide your scent from the hunting dogs
What influences and kinds of music did Price put together in her piano sonata no. 1?
Rachmaninoff, Saint Saens, folk songs
What was one of Florence Price's earliest pieces, played on the documentary by pianist Karen Walwyn?
Tarantella
Florence Price's father and mother's professions
A dentist and a music teacher
Chloe
The name of the arranged spiritual + art song (by Florence Price) we heard in the documentary
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
All of Price's original manuscripts are here
Where is the University of Arkansas?
This famous person was hosted by Price's father in their home
Frederick Douglass
Influences of jazz, blues, plus the tune of a well-known spiritual appear in this piece written by a student of Florence Price
Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds
"One of the greatest voices of the century." In 1939 she sang Florence Price's spiritual on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in a concert for 75,000 people.
Marian Anderson