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Music by Florence Price at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Homewood

  • CLP - Homewood 7101 Hamilton Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15208 United States (map)

This program features a lecture recital on Florence Price’s “Five Folksongs in Counterpoint” by the Huldra Quartet. This warm yet intricate piece blends American folk songs and Black spirituals with complex counterpoint. The program will include a discussion of the life and works of 20th-century African American composer, Florence Price, a description of how the folk songs and spirituals are interwoven throughout each movement, and a performance.

Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

  1. Calvary

  2. Oh My Darlin’ Clementine

  3. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

  4. Shortenin’ Bread

  5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Source: https://www.carnegielibrary.org/event/the-huldra-quarted-presents-music-by-florence-price/
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