Douglas Shadle is an associate professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University and a leading authority on Arkansas native Florence Price. Shadle says Price comes from a line of American composers in the 1800s who were ignored by their local orchestras in favor of European composers like Brahms.
Until Thursday, it had been nearly 90 years after Florence B. Price became the first Black woman to have a symphonic work performed by a major orchestra: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, her hometown ensemble.
Thanks to a number of artists championing her work, the pioneering African American composer Florence Price is finally achieving the recognition she deserves, writes Andrew Farach-Colton
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