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All tagged Florence Price

Jun 19

Jun 19 Stories We Need to Hear: The Use of Anecdotes in Black Composer Histories

Kori Hill

What can anecdotes reveal to us about style, community, and the biography genre? A look at a letter from Burleigh to Florence Price.

Nov 29

Nov 29 To Be Rediscovered When You Were Never Forgotten: Florence Price and The “Rediscovered” Composer (Tropes of Black Composers, Part One)

Kori Hill

Notes

Part One of a series on tropes of Black composers’ lives: How it impacts who is considered “forgotten,” and who is included in mainstream classical music narratives.