List of works by Florence Price

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Works with opus number

Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 1 in E minor (1931–32); First Prize in the Rodman Wanamaker Competition, 1932
  • Symphony No. 2 in G minor (c. 1935)
  • Symphony No. 3 in C minor (1938–40)
  • Symphony No. 4 in D minor (1945)

Concertos

  • Piano Concerto in D minor (1932–34); often referred to as Piano Concerto in One Movement although the work is in three separate movements
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (1939)
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor (1952)
  • Rhapsody/Fantasie for piano and orchestra (date unknown, possibly incomplete)

Other orchestral works

  • Ethiopia's Shadow in America (1929–32)
  • Mississippi River Suite (1934); although labelled as a "suite", the work is cast in one continuous large-scale movement, in which several famous Mississippi River Songs are quoted, such as “Go Down, Moses”, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen” and "Deep River".
  • Chicago Suite (date unknown)
  • Colonial Dance Symphony (date unknown)
  • Concert Overture No. 1 (date unknown); based on the spiritual "Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass"
  • Concert Overture No. 2 (1943); based on three spirituals ("Go Down Moses", "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen")
  • The Oak, tone poem (1943); sometimes referred to as Songs of the Oak
  • Suite of Negro Dances (performed in 1951; orchestral version of the 3 Little Negro Dances for piano, 1933); also referred to as Suite of Dances
  • Dances in the Canebrakes (orchestral version of the homonymous piano work, 1953)

Choral

  • "The Moon Bridge" (M. R. Gamble), SSA, 1930;
  • "The New Moon", SSAA, 2 pf, 1930;
  • "The Wind and the Sea" (P. L. Dunbar), SSAATTBB, pf, str qt, 1934;
  • "Night" (Bessie Mayle), SSA, pf (1945)
  • "Witch of the Meadow" (Gamble), SSA (1947);
  • "Sea Gulls", female chorus, fl, cl, vn, va, vc, pf, by 1951;
  • "Nature's Magic" (Gamble), SSA (1953);
  • "Song for Snow" (E. Coatsworth), SATB (1957);
  • "Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight" (V. Lindsay), mixed vv, orch, org;
  • "After the 1st and 6th Commandments", SATB;
  • "Communion Service", F, SATB, org;
  • "Nod" (W. de la Mare), TTBB;
  • Resignation (Price), SATB;
  • "Song of Hope" (Price);
  • "Spring Journey", SSA, str qt

Solo vocal (all with piano)

  • "Don't You Tell Me No" (Price) (between 1931 and 1934)
  • "Dreamin' Town" (Dunbar), 1934;
  • 4 Songs, B-Bar, 1935;
  • "My Dream" (Hughes), 1935;
  • "Dawn's Awakening" (J. J. Burke), 1936;
  • 4 Songs from The Weary Blues (Hughes) (April 26, 1935) [Note: The Weary Blues here refers to the anthology volume, not the title poem itself]
  1. My Dream
  2. Songs to the Dark Virgin
  3. Ardella
  4. Dream Ships
  • Monologue for the Working Class (Langston Hughes) (October 1941)
  • "Hold Fast to Dreams" (Hughes), 1945;
  • "Night" (L. C. Wallace), (1946);
  • "Out of the South Blew a Wind" (F.C. Woods), (1946);
  • "An April Day" (J. F. Cotter), (1949);
  • "The Envious Wren" (A. and P. Carey);
  • Fantasy in Purple (Hughes);
  • "Feet o' Jesus" (Hughes);
  • Forever (Dunbar);
  • "The Glory of the Day was in her Face" (J. W. Johnson);
  • "The Heart of a Woman" (G. D. Johnson);
  • "Love-in-a-Mist" (Gamble);
  • "Nightfall" (Dunbar); "Resignation" (Price), also arr. chorus;
  • "Song of the Open Road; Sympathy" (Dunbar);
  • "To my Little Son" (J. J. Davis);
  • Forever (M. F. Hoisington)
  • "Judgement Day" (Hughes)
  • "Some o' These Days"

about 90 other works

Instrumental Chamber Music

  • Andante con espressione (1929)
  • String Quartet (No. 1) in G major (1929)
  • Fantasie [No. 1] in G Minor for Violin and Piano (1933)
  • String Quartet (No. 2) in A minor (published in 1935)
  • Fantasy [No. 2] in F-sharp Minor for Violin and Piano (1940)
  • Piano Quintet in E minor (1936)
  • Piano Quintet in A minor (1936?)
  • 5 Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet
  1. Calvary
  2. My Darling Clementine
  3. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
  4. Shortnin' Bread
  5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
  • Suite (Octet) for Brasses and Piano (1948-49)
  • Moods, for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (1953)
  • Spring Journey, for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano

Works for piano

  • Tarantella (1926)
  • Impromptu No. 1 (1926)
  • Valsette Mignon (1926)
  • Preludes (1926–32): No. 1 Allegro moderato; No. 2 Andantino cantabile; No. 3 Allegro molto; No. 4 [“Wistful”] Allegretto con tenerezza; No. 5 Allegro
  • At the Cotton Gin (1927); published by G. Schirmer (New York), 1928
  • 6 Descriptive Pieces
  1. Little Truants (October 7, 1927)
  2. Two Busy Little Hands
  3. Hard Problems (October 9, 1927)
  4. Tittle Tattle
  5. In Romance Land (October 24–25, 1927)
  6. Hilda's Waltz (Oct. 26, 1927)
  • Pensive Mood (March 3, 1928)
  • Scherzo in G (May 24, 1929 [?])
  • Song without Words in G Major (1928 or early 1930s)
  • Meditation ([ca. 1929])
  • Fantasie nègre [No. 1] (E minor) (1929, as "Negro Fantasy"; rev. 1931); based on the spiritual "Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass" (original version premiered September 3, 1930, by Margaret Bonds at twelfth annual convention of National Association of Negro Musicians, Chicago)
  • On a Quiet Lake (June 23, 1929)
  • Waltz of the Spring Maid (ca. early 1930s)
  • Barcarolle (ca. 1929-32)
  • His Dream (ca. 1930-31)
  • Cotton Dance (Dance of the Cotton Blossoms) (1931)
  • Fantasie nègre No. 2 in G minor (March, 1932)
  • Fantasie nègre No. 3 in F minor (March 30, 1932)(inc.)
  • Fantasie nègre No. 4 in B minor (April 5, 1932 - [ca. 1937]) (4 versions)
  • Song without Words in A Major (April 21, 1932)
  • Piano Sonata in E minor (1932)
  • Child Asleep (July 6, 1932)
  • Etude [in C major] [ca. 1932]
  • 3 Little Negro Dances (1933); also arranged for concert band (1939); for two pianos (1949); and for orchestra (before 1951)
  • Tecumseh (published by Carl Fischer, New York, 1935)
  • Scenes in Tin Can Alley (ca. 1937): "The Huckster" (October 1, 1928), "Children at Play," "Night"
  • 3 Sketches for Little Pianists (1937)
  1. Cabin Song
  2. Bright Eyes
  3. A Morning Sunbeam
  • Arkansas Jitter (1938)
  • Bayou Dance (1938)
  • Dance of the Cotton Blossoms (1938)
  • Summer Moon (for Memry Midgett) (April 6, 1938). Recorded by Lara Downes (Flipside Music FL0019 [2020])</ref>
  • Down a Southern Lane (April 29, 1939)
  • Joy in June (June 27, 1938)
  • On a Summer's Eve (June 15, 1939)
  • Rocking chair (1939)
  • Thumbnail Sketches of a Day in the Life of a Washerwoman (ca. 1938-40). Two versions. second version omits "Dreaming at the Washtub".
  1. Morning
  2. Dreaming at the Washtub
  3. A Gay Moment
  4. Evening Shadows
  • Rowing: Little Concert Waltz [?1930s].
  • 10 Negro Spirituals for the Piano [1937-42)
  1. Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
  2. I’m Troubled in My Mind
  3. I Know the Lord Has Laid His Hands on Me
  4. Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
  5. Gimme That Old Time Religion
  6. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  7. I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
  8. Peter, Go Ring dem Bells
  9. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
  10. Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
  • An Old Love Letter [ca. 1941]
  • Remembrance (1941 or earlier) (to Mr. Henry S. Sawyer)
  • Village Scenes (1942): "Church Spires in Moonlight," "A Shaded Lane," "The Park"
  • Your Hands in Mine (1943) (originally titled Memory Lane)
  • 4 Pieces for Piano Solo: "Levee at Noontime -- Barcarolle" (17 November 1943); "Little Miss Perky" (17 November 1943); "Smile, Smile!" (17 November 1943); "Fairy Fun (or Fairies' Frolic)" [originally "Little Toe Dancer"] (19 October 1943).
  • Clouds [ca. 1940s]
  • Cotton Dance (Presto) ([ca. 1940s])
  • 2 Fantasies on Folk Tunes (date unknown)
  • In Sentimental Mood (1947)
  • Whim Wham (July 6, 1946)
  • Placid Lake (July 17, 1947)
  • Memories of Dixieland (1947); won Holstein Award, 1947
  • Sketches in Sepia (September, 1947)
  • Rock-a-bye (1947)
  • 3 Piano Pieces (11 and 12 November 1947)
  • Three Roses: To a Yellow Rose, To a White Rose, To a Red Rose (1949)
  • To a Brown Leaf (1949)
  • First Romance(ca. 1940s)
  • Waltzing on a Sunbeam (ca. 1950)
  • The Goblin and the Mosquito (1951)
  • Snapshots (1952): I. Lake Mirror (13 October 1952), II. Moon behind a Cloud (17 July 1949), III. Flame (14 January 1949)
  • Until We Meet (1952)
  • Dances in the Canebrakes (1953); also orchestrated
  1. Nimble Feet
  2. Tropical Noon
  3. Silk Hat and Walking Cane

about 70 teaching pieces Undated:

  • Levee Dance
  • I'm Troubled in My Mind
  • Pieces to a Certain Pair of Newlyweds [only No. 1]
  • 3 Miniature Portraits of Uncle Ned (originally "Three Miniature Portraits of Uncle Joe"; later "Two Photographs" (second version performed 15 April 1948)
  1. At Age Seventeen
  2. At Age Twenty-Seven
  3. At Age Seventy

Arrangements of spirituals

  • "My soul's been anchored in de Lord", 1v, pf (1937), arr. 1v, orch, arr. chorus, pf;
  • Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1938);
  • "Some o' These Days," 1v, pf
  • 2 Traditional Negro Spirituals, 1 v, pf (1940)
  1. I Am Bound for the Kingdom
  2. I'm Workin' on My Buildin'
  • "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?", pf (1942);
  • "Heav'n bound soldier", male chorus, 1949 [2 arrs.];

Undated:

  • "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" (ca. 1950)
  • "Peter, Go Ring dem Bells" (undated)
  • Variations on a Folksong (Peter, go ring dem bells)", org (1996);
  • "I couldn't hear nobody pray", SSAATTBB;
  • I'm Goin To Lay Down My Heavy Load
  • "Save me, Lord, save me", 1v, pf;
  • "Trouble done come my way", 1v, pf;

?12 other works, 1v, pf MSS of 40 songs in US-PHu; other MSS in private collections; papers and duplicate MSS in U. of Arkansas, Florida

Works for Organ

  • Adoration in The Organ Portfolio vol. 15/86 (December 1951), Dayton OH: Lorenz Publishing Co., 34–35.
  • Andante, July 24, 1952
  • Andantino
  • Allegretto
  • Cantilena March 10, 1951
  • Caprice
  • Dainty Lass, by November 19, 1936
  • Echoes of a Prayer (by July 14, 1950)
  • Festal March
  • First Sonata for Organ, 1927
  • The Hour Glass [formerly Sandman]. Paired with Retrospection as No. 1
  • Hour of Peace or Hour of Contentment or Gentle Heart, November 16, 1951
  • In Quiet Mood [formerly Evening and then Impromptu]. New York: Galaxy Music Corp, 1951 (dated Aug. 7, 1941)
  • Little Melody
  • Little Pastorale
  • Offertory in The Organ Portfolio vol. 17/130 (1953). Dayton OH: Lorenz Publishing Co., 1953
  • O Solemn Thought, by July 14, 1950
  • Passacaglia and Fugue, January, 1927
  • A Pleasant Thought, December 10, 1951
  • Prelude and Fantasie, by 1942
  • Retrospection [formerly An Elf on a Moonbeam]. Paired with The Hour Glass as No. 2
  • Steal Away to Jesus, by November 19, 1936
  • Suite No. 1, by April 6, 1942
  • Memory Mist (1949)
  • Tempo moderato [no title], seriously damaged and possibly incomplete
  • Variations on a Folksong
  • Principal publishers: Fischer, Gamble-Hinged, Handy, McKinley, Presser

Works for Violin (with Piano accompaniment)

  • Andante Con Espressione
  • Deserted Garden
  • Elfentanz
  • Fantasie in G minor for Violin and Piano (1933)
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