Materials
At ONEcomposer, we believe that diverse music education and performance are essential for combatting historical erasure. We encourage all music educators, students, advocates, performers, and listeners to engage with the materials gathered below by our team and affiliates. In doing so, we hope to create a ONEcomposer community spreading the monumental sounds of this year's featured composer: Florence Price.
Florence Price Resources
Sheet Music
Publisher (owner of Price estate): Wise Music/G. Schirmer:
https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/4938/Florence-Price/
Classical Vocal Reprints (collection of 44 songs, organ and keyboard works): www.classicalvocalrep.com
Archive Websites
University of Arkansas: https://uark.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1419
(email specoll@uark.edu for assistance)
U. Ark. Digital Collection: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/p17212coll3
Organizations
International Florence Price Festival: https://www.pricefest.org/
Music by Black Composers: https://www.musicbyblackcomposers.org/
Books
The Heart of a Woman by Rae Linda Brown:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-heart-of-a-woman-rae-linda-brown/1133878497
From Spirituals to Symphonies by Helen Walker-Hill:
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/27hgb6pc9780252074547.html
Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by Sandra Jean Graham:
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/59cfn2tx9780252041631.html
News Articles
Black Scholars Confront White Supremacy in Classical Music written by Alex Ross, September 21, 2020:
The Rediscovery of Florence Price written by Alex Ross, January 29, 2018:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/05/the-rediscovery-of-florence-price
Research Articles
Beyond Elijah Rock, The Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers:
https://www.mlagmusic.com/research/beyond-elijah-rock
Associated Black Artists/Repertoire
Margaret Bonds
New York Public Library: http://archives.nypl.org/scm/24664
Yale University: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/964
Georgetown University: https://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/15/resources/10453
Limited Print Music Available. Email for more information
Undine Smith-Moore
Papers and Manuscripts: https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/moore1155/
Speaker Series Resources
Michelle Cann
Website: https://www.michellecann.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Michelle-Cann-Pianist/
Baruch Whitehead
Biography: https://faculty.ithaca.edu/bwhitehead/
Article: https://www.ithaca.edu/ic-people-spotlights/baruch-whitehead
Justin Hopkins and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers
Website: https://www.justinhopkinsopera.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jlhopkin
Event program: [download]
Karen Slack
Website: https://www.sopranokarenslack.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SopranoKarenSlack/
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Website: https://www.philorch.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilOrch
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDAPHp97JRPFNT-CnTwKcg