Florence Price: Where to Learn More

When researching for this week’s theme, I discovered that there is little unique about Florence Price on the free internet. On the one hand, it made it easy to confirm that multiple sources say the same thing. On the other hand, it made it hard to discover anything new.

Do your own research. Maybe things will catch your attention that were less interesting to me.

These sites focus on Florence Price.

Florence Price.com: This website, devoted to composer Price, appears to be from pianist Karen Walwyn.

IMSLP List of Works by Florence Price: This list of works is divided by type of composition.

International Florence Price Festival: This website gives a short biography of Price, as well as a list of works, and information about the festival.

These sites have a page dedicated to Florence Price.

Afrocentric Voices in “Classical” Music, “Florence Price Biography”: This longer post about Price ends with links to to learn more about the composer and includes a bibliography.

BBC, “Florence Price”: This article tells how musicologist Samantha Ege is reconstructing lost piano compositions from Price.

ClassicFM, “The Inspirational Life of Florence Composer Price”: This post looks at why Price’s story matters in the mid-21st century. It also has links to suggested listening for select works by Price.

There are other websites that talk about Florence Price, but this short list should get you started. You can also check the links in my post about Price’s piano teaching compositions.