Description
America has produced many African American “classical” composers, some of whose works were widely praised and performed only to fall into obscurity. The works of many of these composers, including Florence Price, are finding new audiences as they have recently been played by major symphony orchestras. The course will cover the careers of a number of these composers, discuss their works and links to African American culture, and place them in the larger frame of American classical music. There will be many performance clips in class, along with material students can later access to hear more music from these composers.
(For a related class, see class #614)
