Who Is Florence Price?

By Kaufman Music Center

Book Overview

Written and Illustrated by Students of the Special Music School at the Kaufman Music Center, NY

Florence loved her mother's piano playing and wanted to be just like her. When she was just four years old she played her first piano concert and as she grew up she studied and wrote music hoping one day to hear her own music performed by an orchestra.

The story of a brilliant musician who prevailed against race and gender prejudices to become the first Black woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer and be performed by a major American orchestra in 1933.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1736533401
• ISBN13: 9781736533406
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.4"