Witness a behind the scenes look as cellist Juliana Soltis explores Florence Price's 'Adoration', from Navona Records' newest release, 'AMERICAN WOMAN'!

The 2009 discovery of Florence Price's forgotten manuscripts thrust her music into the spotlight. However, Price was already an acclaimed composer during the Depression era, and efforts to restore her place in American music had been ongoing for 30 years, thanks to scholar Rae Linda Brown's work. Born in post-Reconstruction Little Rock, AR, Price studied at the New England Conservatory before returning to teach and start a family. Fleeing racial violence in 1927, she moved to Chicago, where she won the 1932 Wanamaker Prize with her Symphony in E Minor, making her the first Black woman to have a work played by a major orchestra. Despite personal hardships, including an abusive marriage, Price was a prolific composer of symphonies, chamber music, and commercial music, blending European styles with Black musical motifs. Her piece Adoration (1951) exemplifies this fusion, combining the tranquility of a church organ prelude with the deep emotion of a spiritual. Price aimed to cultivate expression in both the Old World and the New, reflecting her belief in her dual musical heritage.

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