{"id":31642,"date":"2021-03-24T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=31642"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:00:04","slug":"womens-history-month-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2021\/03\/24\/womens-history-month-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s History Month: Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Florence Price <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florence Price was born in Arkansas in 1887<\/a>. Her mother was a music teacher, and Price graduated with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music<\/a>. In 1910, she was given a position at Clark Atlanta University<\/a> in Georgia as the head of the music department. Even after moving to different locations, Price continued to focus on music and released four piano compositions in 1928.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price submitted her piece, \u201cSymphony in E Minor<\/a>,\u201d to the Wanamaker Foundation Awards in 1932, where she received first place. She became the first black woman to have a composition played by a well-known symphony orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in 1933. Price later wrote a vocal piece, \u201cMy Soul Has Been Anchored in the Lord,\u201d which became very popular. When an Easter Sunday concert took place at the Lincoln Memorial<\/a>, this song was selected to be performed at the end of the show, being heard by people all over the United States through the radio.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Etta James\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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