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Florence Beatrice Price  (1887-1953) Compositrice, Adaptatrice et Professeur Afro-Américain Première femme Afro-Américaine à avoir fait jouer une symphonie de sa composition par un orchestre majeur.
Table des matières   1 Les Parents   2 Sa naissance   3 Compositrice à 11 ans   4 Le Conservatoire   5 Professeur   6 Mariage   7 Fantasie Nègre   8 Symphonie en Mi Mineur   9 Sonate en Mi Mineur  10 Études Avançées  11 Mère Célibataire  12 Symphonie N° 3  13 Les concerts  14 John Barbirolli  15 La Mort  16 Le Women's Philharmonic  17 Compositions pour l'orgue  18 Vue d'ensemble  19 Les œuvres  20 Bibliographie	Florence Beatrice Smith Price

Échantillons audio : 
1 Koch International Classics 3-7518-2 H1 ;
   « Florence Price: The Oak, Mississippi River Suite,
   Symphony No. 3 » ; The Women's Philharmonic ;
   Direction : Apo Hsu  Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
2 Ars Harmonica AH037 (1998) ; « Compositio » ;
   Monica Pons, piano  Cotton Dance
3 Clarion CLR907CD (2004) ; « Got the Saint Louis
   Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age » ;
   VocalEssence Ensemble ; Direction : Philip Brunelle
     a Song for Snow  
     b Moon Bridge
4  MSR Classics MS 1160 (2009) ; « Woman's Work :
    Music For Solo Piano » ; Charlotte Mueller, piano
     Silk Hat and Walking Cane

1 Les Parents
Dominique-René de Lerma est professeur de musique à Lawrence University à Appleton, Wisconsin.  C’est un spécialiste de l’héritage africain dans le domaine de la musique classique et c’est lui qui a aimablement accepté de faire des recherches sur Florence B. Price que nous vous présentons sur ce site web :
Née Florence Irene Gulliver, sa mère est enseignante à Indianapolis avant de se marier. A Little Rock, tour à tour, elle tient un restaurant, est agent immobilier et travaille comme secrétaire dans une banque, l’International Loan and Trust Company. Son père, James H. Smith, qui est le seul dentiste noir de la ville (il compte le gouverneur de l’Etat parmi ses patients), s’est installé à Little Rock en 1876.

2 Sa naissance
Le Professeur de Lerma mentionne que Florence Beatrice Smith Price est née à Little Rock le 9 avril 1887 et c'est dans cette ville qu'elle donna son premier concert sous la direction de sa mère à l'âge de quatre.

3 Compositrice à 11 ans
Très tôt, Florence manifeste de l'intérêt pour la musique. Sa mère lui enseigne le piano.  On sait qu'à l'école primaire, elle est l'élève de Charlotte Andrews Stephens et qu'elle publie sa première composition alors qu'elle n'a que 11 ans.

4 Le Conservatoire
Le professeur De Lerma nous apprend que Florence étudie la théorie musicale, le piano et l'orgue au New England Conservatory of Music et pense déjà à étudier la composition :
En 1903, après avoir terminé ses études secondaires à Capitol High School, elle entre au New England Conservatory (Obtention d'un diplôme de "Bachelor Musical" (Licence) de piano et orgue en 1906. Elle étudie la théorie musicale avec Frederick S. Converse et George Whitefield Chadwick, l'orgue avec Henry M. Dunham et commence à songer sérieusement à composer.
 
Price obtient ses diplômes pour enseigner l'orgue et le piano.

5 Professeur
Nous connaissons les différentes universités où Florence a été professeur de musique après avoir fini ses études:
A son retour dans l'Arkansas, elle enseigne pendant une année à la Cotton Plant-Arkadelphia Academy, puis de 1906 à 1910 à Shorter College, et de 1910 à 1912 à Clark University à Atlanta avant de retourner à Little Rock, où elle donne des leçons particulières et consacre du temps à la composition.

6 Mariage
En 1912 Florence B. Price épouse Thomas J. Price, un avocat de Little Rock.  Dominique-René de Lerma explique que ce changement de vie communautaire va inciter le couple à prendre la décision de s'installer à Chicago avec leurs deux filles :
Little Rock était jusqu'alors une ville agréable pour la communauté noire mais des problèmes raciaux commencent à se développer et c'est la raison pour laquelle elle va s'installer à Chicago 1927 ou 1928 avec son mari, l'avocat Thomas J. Price, et leurs deux filles. Leur union n'y résiste pas.  Price et ses deux filles ont alors des difficultés financières pendant plusieurs années.
 

7 Fantasie Nègre
Fantasie Nègre  (8:56) est une oeuvre que l'on peut trouver sur le CD Leonarda 339 (1995) avec Helen Walker-Hill au piano, et Gregory Walker au violon.  Walker-Hill en parle en ces termes :
Composée en 1929, c'est là sa première oeuvre ambitieuse pour piano.  Elle mêle des caractéristiques rythmiques et mélodiques de la musique des Noirs aux formes et aux techniques de la musique classique européenne, présentant des variations ternaires dans un style plein de fantasie et de fioritures.  Le thème est Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass (Pécheur, je vous en prie, ne laissez pas passer la Moisson.)

8 Symphonie en Mi Mineur
La compositrice prend part à des concours afin de se faire reconnaître.  Après de multiples tentatives, ses efforts sont finalement récompensés en 1932 par l'obtention de plusieurs Prix Wanamaker.  Rosalyn Story écrit à ce sujet :
Lors du concours prestigieux Wanamaker de 1932, elle remporte quatre prix, y compris le prix au sommet attribué pour la composition d'une symphonie.  (Ce fut une année culte pour les compositrices noires: Bonds, l'étudiante de Price, participe également au concours et remporte un prix.)  Frederick Stock, chef d'orchestre alors du Chicago Symphony Orchestra, présente la Symphonie en Mi Mineur  de Price lors de la World's Fair de Chicago (Century of Progress Exposition) en 1933.  C'est la première fois qu'une symphonie écrite par une femme noire est jouée par un orchestre symphonique majeur.
 
Les critiques l'encensent à l'unanimité.

9 Sonate en Mi Mineur
Althea Waites a enregistré des oeuvres de Florence Price sur  Black Diamonds: Althea Waites Plays Music by African American Composers (Althea Waites joue des Oeuvres de Compositeurs Afro-Américains), Cambria CD 1097 (1993).  L'œuvre majeure est sa Sonate en Mi Mineur (25:14).  Elle a été écrite en 1932 et a remporté un premier prix Wanamaker dans sa catégorie.  Rae Linda Brown dit notamment dans le livret de l'enregistrement :
La Sonate est un œuvre grandiose et communicative dans la tradition romantique. 

L'autre titre de Price sur l'enregistrement est Dances in the Canebrakes (13:40).  C'est une suite de danses, inspirée des Spirituals afro-américains.  On peut également trouver trois de ces danses sur Compositio,  Ars Harmonica AH037 (1998), un CD enregistré en Espagne par Monica Pons au piano.  Ce sont Cotton Dance  (2:04),  Tropical Noon  (3:16) et  Nimble Feet (2:07).  Sont également enregistrés sur ce CD Cambria, Cotton Dance (2:32) et  The Old Boatman (1:54).
 

10 Études Avançées
Nous connaissons le programme des études avancées que Florence a suivi dans deux écoles de Chicago après s'être installée dans cette ville avec sa famille :    
Elle a étudié à L'American Conservatory et au Chicago Musical College, suivant des cours de composition et d'orchestration avec Carl Busch et Wesley LaViolette et en obtenant une maîtrise en 1934. Elle travaille ensuite avec le R. Nathaniel Dett Club et le National Association of Negro Musicians. Ses œuvres sont souvent jouées lors des concerts donnés dans des églises par son propre Treble Clef Glee Club, et le Florence B. Price A Capella Chorus, dirigés par Grace W. Thompkins.

11 Mère célibataire
Le Professeur De Lerma nous apprend que le mariage de Florence prit fin vers 1935, la contraignant à déménager avec l'une de ses élèves, Margaret Allison Bonds et de subvenir à ses besoins comme professeur de musique, compositrice, orchestratrice et organiste.  Elle rencontre Estella Bonds (dont la fille est l'une de ses premières élèves et une amie de longue date avec qui elle a vécu après son divorce en 1935).  Dans son environnement social entrent alors Will Marion Cook, Abbie Mitchell, et Langston Hughes.  Lorsqu'elle vit seule à nouveau, elle gagne sa vie en vendant des partitions pour piano de sa composition et en prenant le pseudonyme de Vee Jay, comme compositrice de chansons populaires. Elle joue aussi de l'orgue pour des films muets, orchestrés pour WGN radio.

12 Symphonie N° 3
Une seconde symphonie a été perdue. Il s'agit de la Symphonie de Price No. 3 en Do Mineur (29:28) qui fut présentée pour la première fois avec succès en 1940 par le Michigan WPA Symphony, dirigé par Valter Poole, et qui a récemment été enregistrée par le Women's Philharmonic avec Apo Hsu comme chef d'orchestre.  La référence de ce CD est Koch 3 7518 2H1 (2001).  Rosalyn Story analyse cette partition:
Composée à la fin de l'été 1940 alors que Price est âgée de 52 ans, cette oeuvre reflète l'esprit romantique et les structures associés à ceux d'autres compositeurs de l'époque, comprenant le compositeur tchèque populaire Antonin Dvorak, et projette la vie pathétique des Noirs dans le sud du pays.

13 Les concerts
Le Professeur De Lerma a dressé une liste des formations musicales qui ont donné des concerts en jouant les oeuvres de Florence B. Price:
Des représentations ont été données par Le Chicago Symphony Orchestra, le Women’s Symphony Orchestra of Chicago, le U. S. Marine Band, le Michigan W.P.A. Symphony, le Forum String Quartet, le Detroit W.P.A. Concert Band, le Chicago Club of Women Organists ,l'Illinois Federation of Music Clubs, et le Musicians Club of Women.

14 John Barbirolli
Le Professeur De Lerma mentionne que parmi les commandes que Florence B. Price a reçues, l'une provenait du chef d'orchestre britannique connu sous le nom de Sir John Barbirolli, pour un concert à Manchester U.K.

15 La Mort
Après la mort de Florence B. Price, des recherches ont permis de connaître les partitions et les documents qu'elle a laissés.

Elle est morte d'une crise cardiaque à Chicago le 3 juin 1953

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Ses archives ont été déposées parmi les Collections Spéciales de l'Université d'Arkansas-Fayetteville, offertes en 1974 par sa fille, Florence Price Robinson, et à la Bibliothèque du Congrès.  A ces collections de l'Arkansas, il faut mentionner les lettres qu'elle a échangées avec John Alden Carpenter, Roland Hayes, Eugène Goossens, Harry Burleigh, et d'autres correspondants.

16 Le Women's Philharmonic
Avec la Symphonie N° 3 de Price, le Koch CD présente des œuvres intitulées The Oak (Le Chêne) (12:40) et Mississippi River Suite (27:50), avec pour sous-titre est The River ainsi que les chansons de ceux qui habitent sur les rives. (Le fleuve et les chansons de ceux qui peuplent ses rives).  Rosalyn Story a écrit :
Créé en 1981, le Women's Philharmonic, composé de 70 femmes sous la direction de Hsu offre une lecture originale et inspirée de la Third Symphony, romantique, grandiose et richement structurée.  The Oak  est plutôt abstrait dans sa forme, alors que  Le Mississippi River Suite  est un hommage rendu aux
« Spirituals » et aux chants folkloriques du Sud avant la Guerre de Sécession.

17 Compositions pour l'orgue
On peut se procurer les compositions de Price pour l'orgue avec Chicago Renaissance Woman : Florence B. Price Organ Works, Calcante CAL 014 (1997).  L'organiste Calvert Johnson joue sur l'orgue de Christ Church, Episcopal, Savannah, Georgia.

18 Vue d'ensemble
L'Africana Encyclopedia évalue l'œuvre de Price en ces termes :
Price a composé plus de trois cents pièces et ses chansons et arrangements sont interprétés parmi les plus belles voix actuelles, y compris Marian Anderson.  Ses symphonies et ses œuvres de musique de chambre sont remarquables parce qu'elles insèrent des mélodies de Negro Spirituals et l'on considère son œuvre comme une partie importante du Mouvement Actuel des Artistes Noirs.

19 Les œuvres
Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma

AC: Selma Epstein, piano (1985).

CD: Oral Moses, bass-baritone; George Morrison Bailey, piano. Albany TROY (2001; Amen!; African-American composers of the 20th century).

CD: Sebronette Barnes, soprano; Elise Auerbach, piano. Senrad Records (2000; You can tell the world; Songs by African-American women).

CD: William Brown, tenor; Ann Sears, piano. Albany TROY (1999; Fi-yer!; A century of African-American song).

LP: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria Records C-1027 (1987, Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price).

LP: Marian Anderson, contralto. Pearl GEMM DC 9405 (My soul’s been anchored in the Lord).

A lovely winter day, for piano (1949) Unfinished.

A morning sunbeam, for piano.

A pleasant thought, for organ (1951). Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works). Duration: 2:52.

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

A photograph, for piano.

A sachem's pipe, for piano. New York: Carl Fischer, 1935. 5p. (Pieces we like to play; Sheet music edition, P2060; #27275) Library: Spingarn.

A sailor's song, for medium voice & piano. New York: Edward B. Marks, 1946 (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark).

----- Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1973. (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark).

A wee bit of Erin, for piano.

A smiling face, for voice & piano.

A song of living, for medium voice & piano.

A white rose, for medium voice & piano.

An April day, for medium voice & piano. New York: Handy Bros., 1949. Text: Joseph F. Cotter. Library: Library of Congress.

Abraham Lincoln, for SATB, organ & orchestra.

Adoration, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1951. Duration: 3:25.

----- Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works).

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

After the first and sixth commandments, for SATB.

Allegretto, for organ. Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works).

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

Alleluia, for SATB.

American folksongs in counterpoint, for string quartet.

An Indian summer on the prairie, for women’s chorus.

Andantino, for organ. Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works).

Annie Laurie, for piano (four hands). Chicago: McKinlet, 1928.

Anticipation, for piano.

Arkansas jitter, for piano (1938/VIII/4).

Ardella, for medium voice & piano (1935).

At the cotton gin; a Southern sketch, for piano. New York: G. Schirmer, 1927. (#33200c). 5p. Library: Spingarn.

Arkansas jitter, for piano (1938).

At the cotton gin, for piano (1927). New York: G. Schirmer, 1928.

Autumn echoes, for piano.

Baby my own, for voice & piano (1928).

Banjo song, for SSA.

Bayou dance, for piano (1938).

Because, for medium voice & piano.

Beside the sea, for medium voice & piano.

Bewilderment, for medium voice & piano.

Birds in the forest, for piano. Chicagoi: McKinley.

Blue bell, for SSA.

Blue skies, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Bright eyes, for piano.

Brownies on the seashore, for piano.

Bruno, the bear, for voice & piano (1948). Library: University of Arkansas (Manuscript Collection 988).

----- for piano (1948).

By candlelight, for violin & piano. Chicago: McKinley Publishers, 1929.

Cabin song, for piano.

Chicago suite, for orchestra.

City called heaven, for voice & piano.

Climbing the mountain, for piano.

Clover blossom, for piano (1947). Chicago: McKinley, 1947.

Cobbler, for medium voice & piano.

Colonial dance symphony, for orchestra.

Communion service, for SATB.

Concert overture based on Sinner please don't let this harvest pass, for orchestra.

Concert overture on Negro spirituals, no. 1, for orchestra. Duration: 10:00. Instrumentation: 3222, 3221, timp, 4-5 perc, strings.

Concert overture on Negro spirituals, no. 2, for orchestra. Duration: 12:00. Instrumentation: 3222 (p, Eh, bcl), 4331, timp, perc, harp, strings.

Concerto, piano, D minor.

Concerto, piano, F minor (1932). Contents: one movement. Duration: 12:00. Instrumentation: 1121, 2220, timp, 2 perc, strings. Première: 1932; Florence Price, piano; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Frederick Stock, conductor (or possibly the Detroit Symphony Orchestra).

Concerto, violin, no. 1, D major (1952). Duration: 16:00. Instrumentation: 2222, 0200, timp, strings.

Concerto, violin, no. 2 (1952). Only fragment of 2nd violin part is extant.

Cotton dance, for piano (1931). New York: Oxford University Press, 1942 (Oxford piano course, book 5). Duration: 2:32. Won: Rodman Wanamaker honorable mention, 1931.

CD: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria CD-1097 (1993, Black diamonds). Liner notes: Rae Linda Brown.

Cresent moon, for voice & piano (1934).

Criss-cross, rock-a-bye, for piano (1947). Chicago: McKinley Music, 1947. Library: Library of Congress.

Dainty feet, for piano

Dainty lass, for organ.

Dance of the cotton blossoms, for piano (1938).

Dances in the canebreaks, for piano (1953) . New York: Mills Music, 1953; Los Angeles: Affiliated Musicians, 1953 (#AMI 3201). 1. Nimble feet; 2. Tropical moon; 3. Silk hat and walking cane. Duration: 9:14.

AC: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria C 1027 (1987, Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price).

AT: Hildred Roach, piano (1977).

CD: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria CD-1097 (1993, Black diamonds). Liner notes: Rae Linda Brown.

LP: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria (1987, Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price; 1987).

LP: Hildred Roach, piano. 1977.

----- 1. Nimble feet. Duration: 2:07.

CD: Monica Pons, piano. Ars Harmonica AH 037 (1998).

----- 2. Tropical moon. Duration: 3:16.

CD: Monica Pons, piano. Ars Harmonica AH 037 (1998).

----- 3. Silk hat and walking cane.

AC: Hidred Roach, piano (1977/V/01).

----- for orchestra. New York: Mills Music: Los Angeles: Affiliated Musicians, 1953. (#AMI 3201) Duration: 8:30. Instrumentation: 3132 bcl, 3321, timp, 2 perc, harp, strings..

CD: Northern Arizona Wind Symphony; Patricia Hoy, conductor. NAUWS-003 (1995).

Dark pool, for piano.

Dat’s my gal, for medium voice & piano (1935).

Dawn’s awakening, for medium voice & piano (1936).

Death’s gwineter lay his cold icy hands on me, for medium voice & piano.

Desire, for voice & piano.

Deep river, for high voice & piano.

AC: James Sterrett-Bryant, tenor. JaanSing Productions (1993).

Doll waltz, for piano.

Dream ships, for voice & piano (1935).

Dreamin' town, for medium voice & piano (1934). 4p. Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Duration: 2:00. Library: University of Arkansas (facsimile of holograph).

Dreamships, for medium voice & piano.

Easy goin’, for medium voice & piano.

5 Easy pieces for grade 2, for piano. Chicago: McKinley Music, 1928.

----- 1. Anticipation; a study in phrasing. 5p. (#2241). Library: Spingarn.

----- 2. Doll waltz; vals de la muneca; a study in rests. 3p. (#2242). Library: Spingarn.

----- 3. The engine; la maquine de vapor;a study in staccato and short phrases. (#2243). Library: Spingarn.

----- 4. The waltzing fairy; el duende valsante; a study in legato, staccato, and phrasing. 5p. (#2244).

----- 5. The waterfall; la cascada; a study in arpeggio forms. 3p. (#2245). Library: Spingarn.

Echoes, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Elfentanz, for violin & piano.

Ethiopia's shadow in America, for orchestra (1932). Won: Rodman Wanamaker honorable mention, 1932.

4 Encore songs, for voice & piano. 1. Come, come; 2. Tobacco; 3. A flee and a fly; 4. Song of the open road.

Evening, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Evening song, for organ. New York: Galaxy Music, 1951.

Every dream has a scheme, for voice & piano (1929).

Every time I feel the spirit, for high voice & piano

AC: James Sterrett-Bryant, tenor. JaanSing Productions (1993).

Fantasie nègre, piano (1929). Dedication: ”To my talented little friend, Margaret A. Bonds.” Based on Sinner, please don’t let this harvest pass.

----- Bryn Mawr: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1992 (Black women composers; a century of piano music, 1893-1990, ed. by Helen Walker-Hill). p25-35.

CD: Helen Walker-Hill, piano. Leonarda LE 339 (1995, Kaleidoscope; music by African-American women).

Fantasie nègre, piano, no. 2.

Fantasie nègre, piano, no. 3.

Fantasie nègre, piano, no. 4. Won: Rodman Wanamaker honorable mention, 1932.

2 Fantasies on folk tunes, for piano.

Fantasy in purple, for medium voice & piano. 3p. Text: Langston Hughes. Duration: 2:00. Library: University of Arkansas (facimile of holograph)

Feet o’ Jesus, for medium voice & piano.

Festal march, for organ. Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works). Duration: 3:16.

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

Foggy night, for medium voice & piano (1946).

Forever, for medium voice & piano. 3p. Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Duration: 2:00. Library: University of Arkansas (facsimile of holograph).

Go down, Moses, for medium voice & piano.

God gives me you, for medium voice & piano (1946).

---- for SATB.

Golden corn tassles, for piano. Library: CBMR.==

Goo-bye jinks, for medium voice & piano.

Heav'n bound soldier, for SSA & piano. New York: Handy Brothers, 1959. 3p. Duration: 1:00.

----- Melville: Belwin-Mills.

Here and there, for piano (1947). Chicago: McKinley Music, 1947. Library: Library of Congress.

Hiking, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Hitch up your belts, boys!, for voice & piano (1942).

Hoe cake, for 2 pianos.

Hold fast to dreams, for voice & piano. Text: Langston Hughes.

CD: Louise Toppin, soprano; John O’Brien, piano. Albany TROY 385 (1999, Ah! Love, but a day).

Hold out yo’ light, for SSA.

Hourglass, for organ. Original title: Sandman.

I am bound for de kingdom, and I'm workin' on my buildin', for medium voice & piano (by 1939). New York: Handy Bros., 1949 (Two traditional Negro spirituals). 5p. Duration: 2:00. Library: Library of Congress.

----- I am bound for de kingdom.

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano (1961/VIII/31). RCA 09026-61960-2 (He’s got the whole world in his hands and 18 other spirituals).

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. Musical Heritage Society 514564K (1997).

LP: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano (1961/VIII/31). Victor LM/LSC-2592 (He’s got the whole world in his hands and 18 other spirituals).

I grew a rose, for medium voice & piano.

I remember, for voice & piano (1934).

If I didn’t love you, for voice & piano, by Vee Jey [pseud.] (1945).

I’m going to lay down my heavy load, for medium voice & piano.

In back o’ the clouds, for voice & piano (1930).

In quiet mood, for organ (1941). New York: Galaxy Music, 1951. (#G.M. 1822-4). 5p. Duration: 3:00. Original title: Impromptu.

----- Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works).

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

In the land o’ cotton, for piano (1926). Won Holstein award (1925).

It’s all on account of the sunshine, for voice & piano.

It's snowing, for medium voice & piano. Silver Burdett (New music horizons, book 2).

----- for chorus.

Joy in June, for piano.

Just a dream that never came true, for voice & piano (1929).

Just to be near you, for voice voice & piano (1948).

Lake mirror, for piano.

Let’s build a little love nest, for voice & piano (1930).

Levee dance, for piano (1937). Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1937. Library: Spingarn.

Lincoln walks at midnight, for SATB & orchestra.

Listen, baby, for voice & piano (1928).

Little melody, for organ. Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works). Duration: 2:20.

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

3 Little Negro dances, for piano. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1933. 1. Hoe cake; 2. Rabbit foot; 3. Ticklin' toes.

LP: WCAL LP 592.

----- 1. Hoe cake. (#26030). Library: Spingarn.

----- 2. Rabbit foot. (#26031) Library: Spingarn.

----- 3. Ticklin' toes. (#26032). Library: Spingarn.

----- for 2 pianos.

---- for band, arr. by Eric W. G. Leidzén. New York: Theodore Presser, 1939. 8p. (reduced score) (#26788-94).

78rpm: Morgan State College Concert Band; R. Hayes Strider, conductor. Vonna Records VR-1610 (ca. 1950).

Little pieces on black keys, for piano.

Litte pieces on white keys, for piano.

Little things, for voice & piano.

Looking for someone to love, for voice & piano (1934).

Lord, I can’t stay away, for voice & piano.

Love dreams, for voice & piano (1930).

Love in a mist, for medium voice & piano. 4p. Text: Mary Rolofson Gamble. Duration: 2:00. Library: University of Arkansas (facsimile of holograph).

Lover’s lane, for voice & piano

March of the beetles; clover blossom, for piano (1947). Chicago: McKinley Music, 1947. Library: Library of Congress.

Mellow twilight; tone poem; el crepúscolo suave, for piano. Chicago: McKinley, 1929 (#2303-3). 5p. Library: Spingarn.

---- for violin & piano.

Memories of Dixieland, for piano (1947). Won Holstein award (1927).

Memories of you, for voice & piano.

Memory mist, for piano.

3 Miniature portraits of Uncle Joe, written to depict various stages of his life at 17, 25, and 70, for piano (ca. 1947).

Mississippi River suite; the river and the songs of those dwelling upon its banks, for orchestra (1934). Instrumentation: 3222 p, Eh, bcl, cbsn, 4331. timp, perc, harp, strings. Duration: 10:00.

CD: Women’s Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, conductor. Koch 7518 2111 (2001).

2 Moods, for flute (or violin), clarinet & piano.

Moon behind a cloud, for piano.

Moonbridge, for high voice & piano (1930). Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1930. (#937). 6p. Text: Mary Rolofson Gamble. Duration: 2:23. Library: Columbia, Spingarn.

----- for SSA & piano. New York: Remick Music, 1930 (#G-1847-6). 7p.

CD: Paul Shaw, piano; VocalEssence Ensemble Singers; Phillip Brunelle, conductor. Clarion CLR 907 CD (2004; The witness collection; Got the Saint Louis blues). Liner notes: Dominique-René de Lerma.

Morning, for medium voice & piano.

My dream, for medium voice & piano. Bryn Mawr: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1995, ed. by Vivian Taylor and Rae Linda Brown (Art songs and spirituals by African-American women composers, 09528). p71-75. Text: Dream variations, by Langston Hughes.

CD: Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Vivian Taylor, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7247-2HI (1994, Watch and pray).

My little soul’s goin’ to shine, for medium voice & piano.

My neighbor, for medium voice & piano.

My soul's been anchored in the Lord, for medium voice & piano. Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1937.(#1292). 5p. Duration: 2:00. Library: Schomburg; Spingarn.

----- Bryn Mawr: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1995, ed. by Vivian Taylor (Art songs and spirituals by African-American women composers, 09528), p83-88.

78rpm: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. Victor 1799 1937.

AT: Leontyne Price, soprano; David Garvey, piano. (1978/X/8, Washington, White House).

AT: Bernadine Oliphint, soprano; Carol Henry, piano (1971/VI/28).

AT: Leontyne Price, soprano; David Garvey, piano (1978/X/8, Washington, White House).

CD: Inetta Harris, soprano; Scott Lippoldt, piano. My Heritage Sings (199?).

CD: Joanne Stephenson, soprano; Karen Laubengayer, piano (2001/VIII).

CD: JoAnne Stephenson, soprano; Lora Young-Wright, piano (2003/VIII/04; Churchill College, University of Cambridge).

CD: Kimberly Edwards, mezzo-soprano; Alonzo Alexander, piano. A Classical Bouquet (2000).

CD: Leontyne Price, soprano; David Garvey, piano (Carnegie Hall; 1965/II/28). RCA Victor 09026-63908-2 (2002). Liner notes: Daniel Guss (22p).

CD: Leontyne Price, soprano; David Garvey, piano (Leontyne Price live! At the historic opening of the Ordway Music Theatre; 1985/I/08). Pro Arte CDG-3231 (1987).

CD: Pamela Dillard, mezzo-soprano; Vivian Taylor, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7247-2HI (1994, Watch and pray).

LP: Ellabelle Davis, soprano; Hubert Greenslade, piano. London LPS-182 (1950).

LP: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. HMV DA-1560 (1962, 1937).

LP: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. RCA LM/LSC-2592 (1937, 1962 He’s got the whole world in his hands).

VC: Leontyne Price, soprano; David Garvey, piano (1978/X/8, Washington, White House).

----- for high voice & orchestra, arr. by Leonard DePaur. Duration: 2:10.

CD: Leontyne Price, soprano; orchestra & chorus; Leonard DePaur, conductor. BMG 09026-68157-2 (1996).

LP: Leontyne Price, soprano; orchestra; Leonard DePaur, conductor. RCA VSC-7083 (1978).

LP: Leontyne Price, soprano; orchestra; Leonard DePaur, conductor. RCA LM/LSC-2600 (1962; Swing low, sweet chariot).

----- for low voice & piano. Reproduction of holograph at http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/spirimage6.html 5p. Consulted 2003/X/7.

78rpm: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. HMV DA-1560 (1937).

78rpm: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. RCA Victor M-986.

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano (1941/VII/03) RCA 09026-63306-2.

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano (1941/VII/03) VAI Audio VAIA 1168.

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano (1961/VIII/30). RCA 09026-61960-2 (He’s got the whole world in his hands and 18 other spirituals).

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. Musical Heritage Society 514564K (1997).

CD: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. Pearl GEMM 9405.

LP: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano (1961/VIII/30). Victor LM/LSC-2592 1962, (He’s got the whole world in his hands and 18 other spirituals).

LP: Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano. RCA LM/LSC-2591 (1962).

----- for SATB.

----- for SATB & piano. Unfinished.

Nature's magic, for SSA & piano (1953). Chicago: C. F. Summy, 1953. 7p. Text: Mary Rolofson Gamble. Duration: 2:00. Library: Library of Congress.

Negro folksongs, for string quartet. 1. Go down, Moses; 2. Lil’ David, play on your harp; 3. Somebody’s knockin’ at yo’ door; 4. Joshua fit de battle of Jericho.

5 Negro folksongs in counterpoint, for string quartet. 1. Calvary; 2. Clementine; 3. Drink to me only with thine eyes; 4. Shortnin’ bread; 5. Swing low, sweet chariot.

3 Negro dances, for piano.

----- for band, arr. by Eril W. G. Leidzen.

Night, for medium voice & piano (1946). New York: Edward B. Marks, 1946 (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark) Text: Louise C. Wallace. Duration: 2:10.

----- Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1973. (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark).

----- Melville: Edward B. Marks, 1977 (Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, ed. by Willis Patterson, p82-83)

----- Bryn Mawr: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1995, ed. by Vivian Taylor (Art songs and spirituals by African-American women composers, 09528), p80-82.

CD: Brandon Richardson, baritone; Wallace Cheatham, piano (2003/VIII/1, Churchill College, University of Cambridge).

CD: James Sterrett-Bryant, baritone, with unidentified piano. JaanSin Productions DIDX 031339 22302 (1995).

CD: Odikhiren Amaize, bass-baritone; David Korevaar, piano. Musicians’ Showcase MS 1011 (2000; The Negro speaks of rivers; art songs by African-American composers).

CD: Pamela Dillard, mezzo-soprano; Vivian Taylor, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7247-2HI (1994, Watch and pray).

LP: Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano, with unidentified pianist. University of Michigan SM-0015 (1980; Art songs by Black American composers).

---- for high voice & piano (1946). Melville: Edward B. Marks, 1977 (Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, ed. by Willis Patterson). Text: Louise C. Wallace. Duration: 2:10.

AC: James Sterrett-Bryant, tenor. JaanSing Productions (1993).

AC: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CA-1037 (1990).

AT: Bernadine Oliphint, soprano; Carol Henry, piano (1971)

CD: James Sterrett-Bryant, tenor; ?, piano. JannSing Production 22302 (1995, How the spirit moves me).

CD: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CD-1037 (1990).

CD: Marcoulescu, soprano; Phillabaum, piano. Gasparo GSCD 287.

Nightfall, for medium voice & piano. 3p. Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Duration: 2:00. Library: University of Arkansas (facsimile of holograph)

Nimble feet, for piano (1953).

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, for piano. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1938. (#26701). 3p. Library: Spingarn.

Nod, for TTBB. Text: Walter de La Mare. Duration: 2:00. Library: University of Arkansas (facsimile of holograph).

Nodding poppies, for piano. Original title: A field of waving grain.

O lamb of God, for voice & piano.

Ode to man, for chorus, piano & organ.

Offertory, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1951.

----- Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works). Duration: 3:13.

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church; Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

On higher ground, for piano.

On parade, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

On the other shore, for voice & piano.

On the playground, for voice & piano.

On top of a tree, for piano.

Out of the south blew a soft sweet wind, for medium voice & piano (1946). New York: Edward B. Marks, 1948 (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark). Text: Fannie Carter Woods. Library: Library of Congress.

----- Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1973. (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark)

AC: George Shirley, tenor; Wayne Sanders, piano (1976/VI/23, Westmonister Choir School).

CD: Sebronette Barnes, soprano; Mark Ray, piano (2003/VIII/1, Churchill College, University of Cambridge).

Overture, no. 1, orchestra.

Overture, no. 2, orchestra.

Passacaglia and fugue, organ.

Pensive mood, for piano.

Piece, violin & piano.

Pittance, for voice & piano. Text: Don Vincent Gray. Library: University of Arkansas (Manuscript Collection 988).

Placid lake, for piano.

Playful rondo, for violin & piano. Chicago: McKinley Publishers, 1928.

Poem of praise, for SATB & piano. Text: Elizabeth Coatsworth.

Prelude and fantasy, organ (1942).

Quartet, strings.

Quintet, piano & strings, E minor (1936).

Resignation, for voice & piano (1964). Text: Florence Price. Library: University of Arkansas (Manuscript Collection 988).

----- for SATB.

Retrospection, for organ. Fayetteville, ARK: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works). Original title: An elf on a moonbeam. Duration: 3:16.

CD: Lucius Weathersby, organ (2001/VIII).

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

Rhapsody, piano & orchestra

Rock-a-bye, for piano (1947). Chicago: McKinley.

Rocking chair, for piano (1939).

Roll, Jordan, roll, for high voice & piano

AC: Sterrett-Bryant, tenor. JaanSing Productions (1993).

Save me, Lord, save me, for medium voice & piano.

Seagulls, for SSAA, flute, violin, viola, violoncello & piano (1951). Won: Lake View Musical Society contest.

Sentimental moonlight, for voice & piano (1947).

Ships that pass in the night, for medium voice & piano.

Short works, for organ. Fayetteville AR: ClarNan, 1995.

Silent night, for piano.

3 Sketches for little pianists (1937). Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1937. 1. Bright eyes; 2. Cabin songs; 3. A morning sunbeam.

----- 1. Bright eyes. (#26510) Library: Spingarn.==

----- 2. Cabin songs. (#26511) Library: Spingarn.

----- 3. A morning sunbeam. (#26512) Library: Spingarn.

Some o’ these days, for medium voice & piano.

Sonata, organ, no. 1, D minor. Fayetteville AR: ClanNan Editions. 1996 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 4).

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church; Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

Sonata, piano, E minor (1932). 1. Andante – allegro; 2. Andante; 3. Scherzo; allegro. 1. Allegro con furia; 2 Adagietto; 3. Allegro deciso. New York: G. Schirmer, 1997, ed. by Rae Linda Brown. Award: Rodman Wanamker Foundation Award of $250 (1932). Duration: 25:06.

AC: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria C 1027 (1987, Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price).

CD: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria CD-1097 (1993, Black diamonds). Liner notes: Rae Linda Brown.

LP: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria (1987, Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price).

Song is so old, for voice & piano.

Song for snow, for SATB & piano (1930). New York: Carl Fischer, 1942, 1957 (Carl Fischer choral music, N 2640-5, CM 6940). 5p. Text: Elizabeth Coatsworth. Duration: 2:00.

CD: Paul Shaw, piano; VocalEssence Ensemble Singers; Phillip Brunelle, conductor. Clarion CLR 907 CD (2004; The witness collection; Got the Saint Louis blues). Liner notes: Dominique-René de Lerma.

---- for SAT & piano.

Song of hope, for medium voice & piano.

----- for voice & orchestra.

Song of the oak, for orchestra. Duration: 12:00. Instrumentation: 3222, p Eh bcl cbsn, 4341, timp, 5-6 perc, harp, organ (ad lib.), strings.

Song of the open road, for medium voice & piano.

Song to the dark virgin, for medium voice & piano (1941). New York: G. Schirmer, 1941 (#344620). 5p. Text: Langston Hughes. Library: Schomburg; Spingarn (inscribed to Carl van Vechten by Langston Hughes).

----- New York: Edward B. Marks, 1977 (Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, ed. by Willis Patterson, p98-101).

----- Melville: Edward B. Marks, 1977 (Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, ed. by Willis Patterson, p98-101).

----- Bryn Mawr: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1995, ed. By Vivian Taylor (Art songs and spirituals by African-American women composers, 09528) p76-79.

AC: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CA-1037 (1990).

AT: Bernadine Oliphint, soprano; Carol Henry, piano (1971/VI/28).

CD: Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano; William Warfield, narrator. Naxos 8.559136 (2002; Dreamer; A portrait of Langston Hughes). Liner notes: “Langston Hughes and music” by Arnold Rampersand (German translation: Tilo Kittel; French translation: Pierre-Martin Juban); Dominique-René de Lerma. 8p.

CD: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CD-1037 (1990).

CD: Marcoulescu, soprano; Phillabaum, piano. Gasparo GSCD 287.

----- for low voice & piano.

CD: Odikhiren Amaize, bass-baritone; David Korevaar, piano. Musicians’ Showcase MS 1011 (2000; The Negro speaks of rivers; art songs by African-American composers).

LP: Leroy O. Dorsey, bass; Clyde Parker, piano. KM-1702 (1977).

2 Songs, for voice & piano. San Antonio: Southern Music Co., 1994. 1. Feet o’ Jesus; 2. Trouble done come my way.

4 Songs, for bass-baritone & piano. 1. Easy goin’; 2. Goo-bye, Jinks; 3. The photograph; 4. Summah night.

Spring journey, for SSA & orchestra.

----- for 2 violins, 2 cellos, double bass & piano.

Strong men, forward!, for piano.

Suite, brasses & piano.

Suite, organ, no. 1. Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1993, ed. by Calvert Johnson (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol. 1).

CD: Gambetta GAM CD

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (1972 Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church; Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

----- 1.

CD: Kimberly Marshall, organ (1987 Rosales; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral; Portland OR). Loft CD-1021 (2001).

----- 4.

CD: Kimberly Marshall, organ (1987 Rosales; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral; Portland OR). Loft CD-1021 (2001).

Suite of Negro dances, for orchestra.

Summer clouds, for SAB.

Summer night, for medium voice & piano.

Sunset, for voice & piano (1938).

Swaying buttercups, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Sympathy, for medium voice & piano (1943). Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar.

CD: Louise Toppin, soprano; John O’Brien, piano. Albany TROY 385 (1999, Ah! Love, but a day).

Symphonic tone poem, for orchestra.

Symphony, no. 1, E minor (1932). Instrumentation: 2222, 4231, timp, 3 perc, strings. Won: Rodman Wanamaker prize ($500) in 1932. Première: 1933; Chicago World’s Fair; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Frederick Stock, conductor. Duration: 20:00.

AC: Savannah Symphny; Marsha Mabrey, conductor (1991/II/9, Black heritage concert).

Symphony, no. 2, G minor (193?). Instrumentation: 3222, p Eh bcl cbs, 3240, timp, 3 perc, harp, strings. Duration: 25:00. Library: Yale (manuscript).

Symphony, no. 3, C minor (1940). 110p. Instrumentation: 3222, p Eh bcl, 4331, timp, perc, harp, strings. Première: 1940; Detroit; Michigan WPA Symphony; Valter Poole, conductor. Duration: 22:00. Library: Yale (manuscript).

CD: Women’s Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, conductor. Koch 7518 2H1 (2001).

CD: WPA Symphony ; Valter Poole, conductor (1940).

Symphony, no. 4, D minor. Duration: 20:00. Instrumentation: 3222, p Eh bcl, 4331, timp, 3-5 perc, harp, strings.

Tecumseh, for piano. New York: Carl Fischer, 1935. 5p. (Pieces we like to play; Sheet music edition, P2062; #27277). Library: Spingarn.

The bowl is cracked, for voice & piano.

The bridle path, for piano.

The butterfly, for piano. New York: Carl Fischer, 1936 (Pieces we like to play; Sheet music edition, P2100; #27643). 5p. Library: Spingarn.

The deserted garden, for violin & piano. Cincinnati: John Church Music.

----- Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1933.

CD: Zina Schiff, violin; Cameron Grant, piano (1994). 4-Tay CD 4005 (1997, Here’s one).

The engine, for piano.

The envious wren, for medium voice & piano. 6p. Text: Alice Carey and Phoebe Carey. Library: University of Arkansas (facsimile of holograph).

The flame, for piano. Unfinished.

The froggie and the rabbit, for piano.

The glory of the day was in her face. Text: James Weldon Johnson.

CD: Jay A. Pierson, baritone; John O’Brien, piano. Albany TROY 385 (1999, Ah! Love, but a day).

The gnat and the bee, for piano. New York: Carl Fischer, 1936 (Pieces we like to play; Sheet music edition, P2098; #27642). 5p. Library: Spingarn.

The goblin and the mosquito, for piano (1951). Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1951. Library: Library of Congress.

The heart of a woman, for medium voice & piano. New Haven: G. K. Hall, 2003 (Women composers; Music through the ages, vol. 7, ed. by Rae Linda Brown) p746-752. Text: Georgia Douglas Johnson.

The hour glass, for organ. Fayetteville, AR: ClanNan Editions. 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol., 2: Short organ works). Original title: Sandman. Duration: 3:08.

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

The island of my dreams, for voice & piano (1928).

The moo-cow, Fido, and Kitty, for voice & piano (1949) . Library: University of Arkansas (Manuscript Collection 988).

The moon bridge, for high voice & piano (1930). Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1930. 6p. (#937). Text: Mary Rolofson Gamble. Duration: 2:00. Library: Spingarn.

----- for SSA & piano (1930). New York: Remick Music Corporation, 1950, 1930 (2-G1847). 7p.

----- for voice & piano.

The new moon, for SSAA & piano (4 hands). Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1930. (#964-11). 12p. Duration: 3:00. Text: anonymous. Dedication: Estella C. Bonds.

The oak, for orchestra. Duration: 7:00. Instrumentation: 3022 (p) Eh, bcl, 4331, timp, perc, harp, strings. Duration: 12:40.

CD: Women’s Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, conductor. Koch 7518 2111 (2001).

The old boatman, for piano (1951). Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1951. Duration: 1:54. Library: Library of Congress.

AC: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria C 1027 (Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price; 1987).

CD: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria CD-1097 (1993, Black diamonds). Liner notes: Rae Linda Brown.

LP: Althea Waites, piano. Cambria (1987,Althea Waites performs the piano music of Florence Price).

The poet and his song, for medium voice & piano.

The retort, for medium voice & piano.

The rose, for piano. New York: Carl Fischer, 1935 (Pieces we like to play; Sheet music edition, P2091; #27638). 5p. Library: Spingarn.

The sea swallow, for piano (1951). Evanston: Clayton F. Summy, 1951. Library: Library of Congress.

The swing, for piano.

The waltzing fairy, for piano (1928).==

The washerwoman, for medium voice & piano.

The waterfall, for piano.

The waves of Breffney, for SATB.

The wind and the sea, for SATB, piano & string orchestra.

The zephyr; el cefiro, Mexican folksong, for piano. Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1928. 5p. (#2279). "A study in phrasing and pedaling." Library: Spingarn.

Then I found heaven when I found you, for voice & piano (1938).

They lie, they lie, for medium voice & piano (1946/IV). Text: David Morton. Library: CBMR; University of Arkansas (Manuscript Collection 988).

To a little girl, for piano.

To my little son, for high voice & piano. 2p. Text: Julia Johnson Davis. Dedication: Tommy Price, in memoriam. Duration: 1:00. Library: Library of Congress (facsimile of holograph); University of Arkansas (Manuscript Collection 988.

AC: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CA-1037 (1990).

CD: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CD-1037 (1990).

Three boughs, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Two traditional Negro spirituals. See: I am bound for the kingdom, and I'm workin' on my buildin'.

Travel’s end, for high voice & piano. Text: Mary Falwell Hoisington.

AC: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CA-1037 (1990).

CD: Lucille Fields, soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano (1987). Cambria CD-1037 (1990).

Tropical moon, for piano.

Trouble done come my way, for medium voice & piano.

Undecided, for piano.

Up and down the stairs; up and down the ladder, for piano.

Variations on a folksong, Peter go ring dem bells, for organ. Fayetteville AR: ClarNan, 1995 (Music of Florence Beatrice Price, vol. 1). Duration: 12:58.

CD: Frances Nobert, organ (Rosales/Glatter-Göz, 1998; Congregational Church, Claremont CA). Ravel OAR-550 (Music she wrote; Organ compositions by women).

CD: Calvert Johnson, organ (3m Harrison & Harrison; Christ Church, Savannah). Calcante CAL-014 (Chicago Renaissance woman; Florence Price organ works).

Wander thirst, for medium voice & piano.

----- for SATB.

We have tomorrow, for medium voice & piano.

Weary traveler, for medium voice & piano.

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?, for piano (1942).

What is love?, for voice & piano.

What’s the use?, for medium voice & piano (1930).

----- for chorus.

Who will dance with me?, for piano. Chicago: McKinley.

Who grope with love for hands, for medium voice & piano.

Winter idyll, for medium voice & piano.

Winter must come, for voice & piano.

----- for piano.

Witch of the meadow, for SSA & piano.[14] Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1937. 7p. Text: Mary Rolofson Gamble. Duration: 2:00.

Won’t you please play Santa Claus?, for voice & piano (1928).

Words for a spiritual, for medium voice & piano (1948).

You didn’t know this baby, for voice & piano (1928).

You’re in my heart to stay, for voice & piano (1948).

Your leafy voice, for medium voice & piano.

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Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma

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