Florence Price Sonata in E minor first movement (I. Andante-Allegro)

Florence Beatrice Price graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1906. Her rise in prolificacy and recognition coincides with a dynamic cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 30s. It was a movement driven by African American intellectuals and visionaries, otherwise known as the Harlem Renaissance. Sonata in E minor (won first prize in the 1932 Rodman Wanamaker Music Contest. She became the first woman composer of African descent to achieve both national and international recognition. Venue: Rymer Auditorium, University of York Technician: Ben Eyes Photographer: Donnie Richburg A new album comprising of largely unknown solo classical piano music will be released on 4 May 2018, bringing together for the first time the works of female composers long forgotten through history. F O U R W O M E N: Music for Solo Piano by Price, Kaprálová, Bilsland & Bonds click here to buy: www.wavetheoryrecords.com/album/four-women/ www.samanthaege.com www.facebook.com/DrSamanthaEge