Song of Hope
Alternate Title
- None
Composition Year
- 1930
Instrumentation
- SATB; 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - [timp.perc]1 - org - str
Length
- 11 min
Lyricist and Source
- Florence B. Price
Manuscripts
- MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
- Score, complete (1930): Box 11, Folder 8
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
- Song of Hope. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2021.
Recordings
- None
Thematic Incipits
- In Progress
Bibliography
- 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
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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. ↩