Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint

Alternate Title

• Four Negro Songs in Counterpoint¹

Composition Year

• ca. 1946

Instrumentation

• String quartet (2 vln, vla, vcl)

Length

• 10 min.

Manuscripts

• MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
  • Score, complete: Box 7, Folder 3
  • Parts, incomplete: Box 7, Folder 4; Box 7, Folder 5

Premiere Performance

• February 12, 1946. Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building (410 S. Michigan Ave.), Chicago. Musicians Club of Women, Ann Crane String Quartet: Ann Crane (Violin I), Mary Carol Penn (Violin II), Helen Otto (Viola), Jean Breivogel (Cello).

Published Editions

• Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2022.

Recordings

• Uncovered, Vol 2: Florence Price. Catalyst Quartet. Azica Records Azica71346, 2022.

Thematic Incipits

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

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.

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