Song of Hope

Alternate Title

  • None

Composition Year

  • 1930

Instrumentation

  • SATB; 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - [timp.perc]1 - org - strings

Length

  • 11 min.

Lyricist and Source

  • Florence B. Price

Manuscripts

Premiere Performance

  • Contemporary Premiere: March 26, 2022; Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY; Ithaca College School of Music Symphony Orchestra; Ithaca High School Chorale, Cornell University Chamber Singers, and Ithaca College Madrigal Singers; Nayla Griles, soprano; Holden Turner, baritone; Michael Stern, conductor.

Published Editions

Recordings

  • None

Thematic Incipits

  • In Progress

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.

Notes

  1. The timpani and percussion parts are so minimal in the sole manuscript source that Price might have abandoned them. The editors at G. Schirmer consider these parts optional.