How black composers shaped the sound of American classical music

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Classical pianist Lara Downes knew she was onto something profound when audiences began to react to her show-closing rendition of “Fantasie Negre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ydW8BgSVA),” a 1929 composition by the African American composer Florence Beatrice Price. Instead of relying on motifs typical of the time period, Price injected a new musical influence by adapting the melody of the soulful spiritual “Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass.”

(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/black-classical-music-composers-180976924/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210205-daily-responsive&spMailingID=44397663&spUserID=ODU1Njc2OTEyODIyS0&spJobID=1940462241&spReportId=MTk0MDQ2MjI0MQS2)Elijah Stevens plays Fantasie Negre by Florence Price - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ydW8BgSVA)




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