Today, scholars at the University of Arkansas announced exciting news regarding the symphonic output of Florence Price. Further searching through the so-called “cabin manuscripts” led to the discovery of a fifth symphony by composer Florence Price. G. Schirmer has announced plans to quickly produce a performable edition. Meanwhile performers in the Chicago area hastily organized a first reading from the set of handwritten parts at a local church, not far from the Center for Black Music Research where so much of Price’s legacy has been preserved and advanced into the public sphere.
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