Suite of Negro Dances

Alternate Title

• Suite of Dances
• See also “Three Little Negro Dances” (piano)
• See also “Three Negro Dances” (band)

Composition Year

• 1952–53? (orig. ca. 1933)

Instrumentation

• 2.0.2.1 - 2.2.0.0 - timp.4perc - strings
• Band arr.: 2+pic.2+ca.3+Ebcl+bcl.2+cbn.2asx.tsx.barsx - 4.3.2+btbn.1.euph - timp.5perc - db

Length

• 3-4 min.

Manuscripts

• MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
  • Score (undated): Box 10, Folder 4
  • Parts, miscellaneous (undated): Box 10, Folder 3; Box 10, Folder 4

Premiere Performance

• Excerpts: February 18, 1953; Chicago, IL; Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; George Schick, conductor.
• Band arr.: December 16, 2021; McCormick Place West, Chicago; Marie-Perle Broadley, conductor; U.S. Army Field Band.

Published Editions

• Suite of Dances. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2019.
• Hernandez, Adrian, arr. Suite of Dances. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2021.

Recordings

• Two Little Negro Dances. Chicago Symphony Orchestra; George Schick, cond. WGN-TV, 1953.¹ (“Rabbit Foot” and “Ticklin’ Toes” only)
• Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1–2. Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8.559920, 2022.

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.