5 Facts About Florence Price
Clip: Season 49 Episode 23 | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn five facts about American composer Florence Price.
Learn five facts about American composer Florence Price. Although she won a handful of awards for her work, Price struggled to find greater success, fighting against the twin issues of racism and sexism in the classical music industry. After dozens of her manuscripts were rediscovered in 2009, Florence Price has finally started to gain the success that eluded her during her lifetime.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
5 Facts About Florence Price
Clip: Season 49 Episode 23 | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn five facts about American composer Florence Price. Although she won a handful of awards for her work, Price struggled to find greater success, fighting against the twin issues of racism and sexism in the classical music industry. After dozens of her manuscripts were rediscovered in 2009, Florence Price has finally started to gain the success that eluded her during her lifetime.
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Breaking Down Florence Price's Piano Sonata
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Host Scott Yoo and pianist Michelle Cann break down Florence Price's Piano Sonata. (3m 56s)
"Florence Price and the American Migration" Preview
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Host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer Florence Price. (29s)
The Lost Manuscripts of Composer Florence Price
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Scott Yoo travels Arkansas to examine Florence Price's lost manuscripts. (4m 15s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...