Let us all take these next few months to nourish ourselves as artists and human beings. Florence Price’s legacy calls us to leverage our artistry to break barriers, and forge new paths for the marginalized. I, for one, plan to stay steadfast in this aim in the face of uncertainty. Will you join me?
Read MoreEssentially, she struggled with being “caged.” Should she renounce the inclusion of Negro Spirituals in her compositional style to assimilate to a more Eurocentric view of orchestral music? Should she uphold her responsibility to “uplift the race” through the use of direct Negro Spiritual quotations in her music — something that Alain Locke believed was the key to racial uplift?
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