Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

Alternate Title

• Five American Folksongs in Counterpoint¹

Composition Year

• 1951

Instrumentation

• String quartet (2 vln, vla, vlc)

Length

• 18 minutes

Manuscripts

• MC988: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Collection, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
  • Parts, complete: Box 2, Folder 11, Item 1
• MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
  • Score, complete: Box 7, Folder 2
  • Parts, complete: Box 7, Folder 2
• MC988b: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Second Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
  • Score, complete (March 1951): Box 3B, Folder 13

Premiere Performance

• Unknown

Published Editions

• Glickman, Sylvia and Martha Furman, eds. Women Composers Music through the Ages. Vol. 8, Composers Born 1800–1899: Large and Small Instrumental Ensembles. New Haven, CT: Thomson, Gale, 2006.
  • OCLC: 937075639
• Five Folksongs in Counterpoint. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2021.
  • OCLC: 1243626954

Recordings

• Blurred Boundaries. Apollo Chamber Players. Nanova Records NV6038, 2016.
• Uncovered, Vol 2: Florence Price. Catalyst Quartet. Azica Records Azica71346, 2022.
• Florence Beatrice Price / Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet. Avalon Quartet. Naxos 8.559941, 2024.

Thematic Incipits

• Movement I
• Movement II
• Movement III
• Movement IV
• Movement V

Bibliography

1. Brown, Rae Linda. The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price. Music in American Life. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2020.

Entry History

• Submitted February 13, 2023
• Revised May 28, 2024

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