LC control no. | n 87139541 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML410.P835 Biography |
Personal name heading | Price, Florence, 1887-1953 |
Variant(s) | Jay, Vee, 1887-1953 Vee Jay, 1887-1953 Smith, Florence Beatrice, 1887-1953 Price, Florentine Beatrice, 1887-1953 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1887-04-09 |
Death date | 1953-06-03 |
Place of birth | Little Rock (Ark.) |
Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
Field of activity | Composition (Music) Art music |
Affiliation | New England Conservatory of Music Chicago Musical College University of Chicago Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.) |
Profession or occupation | Pianists Composers Music teachers University and college faculty members Arrangers (Musicians) College teachers |
Found in | Her Althea Waites performs the music of Florence Price [SR] p1987: label (Florence Price) container (b. 1888 in Little Rock, Ark.; d. 1953) Her Just to be near you, 194-?: t.p. (music by Vee Jay) caption (Vee Jay (Florence B. Price)) Black women composers, c1992: t.p. (Florence B. Price) p. 5 (b. 1887, Little Rock, Ark. as Florence Beatrice Smith; d. 1953, Chicago) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Price (née Smith), Florence Bea(trice); b. Apr. 9, 1888, Little Rock, AR, d. June 3, 1953, Chicago, IL; composer and teacher) Norton/Grove dict. of women composers (Price (née Smith), Florence Bea(trice); b. Apr. 9, 1887, Little Rock, AR, d. June 3, 1953, Chicago; American composer) Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Price, Florence Beatrice; b. Florence Beatrice Smith, Apr. 9, 1887, Little Rock, Ark., d. June 3, 1953, Chicago, Ill.) Electronic communication from Rae Linda Brown, Feb. 27, 2000 (1887 is the correct birthdate) Price, F. Orgelwerke, 2010, c1993: v. 1, cover (Florentine Beatrice Price) African American national biography, accessed March 10, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Price, Florence B.; Florence Beatrice Smith; pianist, composer, arranger, teacher; born 09 April 1887 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States; graduated with a degree in Piano Pedagogy and Organ Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston (1906); studied composition at the Chicago Musical College and University of Chicago (1927); taught at Cotton Plant-Arkadelphia Academy (1906-1907) and Shorter College in North Little Rock (1907-1910); was head of the music department at Clark University, Atlanta (1910-1912); was piano soloist with the Chicago Women's Symphony (1934); her compositions were included in Art Songs by Black American Composers (1977) and Art Songs by American Women Composers (1994); died 03 June 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
Associated language | eng |
Invalid LCCN | no 00062563 |