Dvořák, while in the US, concluded that a wealth of original American music material could be found among the black population, a view not universally appreciated at the time.
Album & Artwork
This album, titled "But Not My Soul," pays tribute to composers who remained true to their soul despite opposition.
Composer Biography
Florence Price, an African-American composer, faced significant sexist and racist prejudice that hampered her career, as indicated by her letter to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in December 2022 at Koepelkerk Renswoude, Netherlands, using Brüel & Kjær 4006 and Schoeps microphones, and a Horus / Merging Technologies digital converter.
Performer Biography
The Ragazze Quartet collaborates with original voices in theatre, dance, and literature, and is the artistic leader of the yearly chamber music festival September Me in Amersfoort.
Composition History
Many manuscripts by Florence Price, an African-American composer, were only discovered in 2009 in a house in Illinois, decades after her death.
Composition History
The piece "At the Purchaser's Option" by Rhiannon Giddens is based on a 19th-century advertisement offering a young enslaved woman for sale, with her 9-month-old baby 'at the purchaser's option'.
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