String Quartet (No. 2) in A Minor

Alternate Title

• String Quartet No. 2

Composition Year

• 1935

Instrumentation

• String quartet (2 vln, vla, vcl)

Length

• 26 min.

Manuscripts

• MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
  • Score, complete (September 4–October 8, 1935): Box 7, Folder 7
  • Parts, incomplete: Box 7, Folder 7
  • Sketches: Box 7, Folder 7

Premiere Performance

• Unknown

Published Editions

• String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor. Edited by John Michael Cooper. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2019.

Recordings

• 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

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