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Florence Price (1887-1953)
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Composed: 1934
Premiered: 1934, Chicago
Duration: 19 minutes

The first female African-American composer to earn a national reputation, Price has come to be recognized as a significant American composer of the 1930s and 1940s.

Her catalogue of music includes orchestral and choral pieces, songs, and music for piano and chamber ensembles. Her style was basically conservative late-Romantic, infused at times with her African-American heritage.

Piano Concerto in One Movement was premiered in Chicago in 1934 with Price herself as the soloist. There are three distinct sections played without a break. The first begins with an introduction in slow tempo, and continues with an urgent and lyrical principal section. The tender, nostalgic central section is followed by a finale in the style of a juba, a sprightly folk dance.  

Program note by Don Anderson © 2022.

Florence Price (1887-1953)
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Composed: 1934
Premiered: 1934, Chicago
Duration: 19 minutes

The first female African-American composer to earn a national reputation, Price has come to be recognized as a significant American composer of the 1930s and 1940s.

Her catalogue of music includes orchestral and choral pieces, songs, and music for piano and chamber ensembles. Her style was basically conservative late-Romantic, infused at times with her African-American heritage.

Piano Concerto in One Movement was premiered in Chicago in 1934 with Price herself as the soloist. There are three distinct sections played without a break. The first begins with an introduction in slow tempo, and continues with an urgent and lyrical principal section. The tender, nostalgic central section is followed by a finale in the style of a juba, a sprightly folk dance.  

Program note by Don Anderson © 2022.