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Great performances. Episode 2, Florence Price and the American migration /

Scott Yoo explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African American spirituals--a mixture of West African songs and European hymns--influenced her work and nearly all of American popular music.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Price, Florence, 1887-1953 (Composer)
Other Authors: Lynch, Harry (Director, Producer), Yoo, Scott (Performer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2022.
Series:Great Performances: Now Hear This ; 2
Subjects:
Price, Florence, > 1887-1953.
Price, Florence, > 1887-1953
Composers > United States > Biography.
Women composers > United States > Biography.
African American women composers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Compositeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Compositrices > États-Unis > Biographies.
Compositrices noires américaines > États-Unis > Biographies.
African American women composers
African Americans > Music
Composers
Women composers
United States
Biographical television programs
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Biographies télévisées.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Scott Yoo explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African American spirituals--a mixture of West African songs and European hymns--influenced her work and nearly all of American popular music.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed August 29, 2022).
"Now hear this".
Physical Description:1 online resource (54 minutes)
Playing Time:00:53:42