Florence Price: "Ethiopia's Shadow in America" for orchestra (1932)

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Florence Price (1887-1953)
Ethiopia's Shadow in America (1932)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Daniel Blendulf, conductor
"Ethiopia's Shadow in America" is an orchestral composition that was written by Florence Price in 1932. It received honorable mention in the Rodman Wanamaker Music Contest the same year.
According to Florence Price, the three linked movements are intended to portray:
I. Introduction and Allegretto: The Arrival of the Negro in America when first brought here as a slave.
II. Andante: His Resignation and Faith.
III. Allegro: His Adaptation, a fusion of his native and acquired impulses.
Cover Image: Ethiopian Landscapes, photo by SkyscraperCity.

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@benaheide 4 жыл бұрын

When he said composed in 1932 and said 2015 and then that was the first time it had ever been heard I burst into tears.

@Zitheristi 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's quite sad, but I think many of her compositions were only discovered in 2009. Maybe this is one of them!

@patrickwells4014 2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of Florence Price before. What a joy I had after listening to her music. It is quite a treat.

@elorakares510 3 жыл бұрын

Timestamps for myself and all the other NYO2 kids I know are going to watch this😂 1st Mvt. 0:00 2nd Mvt. 7:02 3rd Mvt. 9:57

@michaelvitanza1443 3 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence I'm practicing this right now 😂

@jaeyeejung101 3 жыл бұрын

omg hi

@audreyl7999 3 жыл бұрын

XDD

@alanchu2236 2 жыл бұрын

First time to hear Price's work . A magnificent piece!

@florenceprice1793 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Terrific to hear the complete work for the first time!

@milesdavisahead 5 жыл бұрын

The second movement is so beautiful. First Movement is dark and the final movement is like her typical Juba. Her second movement sound like a variation of Swing low Sweet Chariot.

@tomhicks1525 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's quoting "Going Home."

@milesdavisahead 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomhicks1525 To me sounds like Swing low Sweet Chariot.

@pabuckie 3 жыл бұрын

What a magnificent piece of music!

@shin-i-chikozima 3 жыл бұрын

This performance is comfortable to the ear and the mind

@kamchonfai 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for WNED. I never know this work before!

@sheroejakk5482 3 жыл бұрын

omgoodness this is fanstastic. i feel so moved

@jksteven1 3 жыл бұрын

So wonderful to hear the music of this wonderful American composer being heard! Price is having fun composing this beautiful work! It's radiating from the music! BTW...is there a second symphony extant?

@wesdoesntjam 4 жыл бұрын

In the first orchestra I was ever in, we played the andante section at 7:02 . Never did I think that a piece of music would ever be so nostalgic

@liane58 4 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky to have that as part of your first orchestral experience!

@dbadagna 2 жыл бұрын

When was that?

@tomweast844 3 жыл бұрын

love the Copland influence

@aneregina9230 3 жыл бұрын

incrível!

@paulgreen6921 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice piece. It does bring to mind Aaron Copeland. Was not aware of this black female composer. Interesting enough this composer was referred to me by my close friend duly named Vincent Price. Sometimes I call him Dr. Price. PWG

@abemud 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Is there a CD recording of this?

@justabigviolin6427 3 жыл бұрын

Soon

@justabigviolin6427 3 жыл бұрын

I’m doing a recording with my orchestra. It’s come out in may

@andrewpetersen5272 3 жыл бұрын

It is a very nice piece, but the subtitle is a bit odd considering virtually no Ethiopians were among those brought to America as slaves. I am curious to know how she arrived at the name.

@subrealist 3 жыл бұрын

Ethiopia was never conquered by Europeans; so, perhaps, pride.

@musicmuser9021 3 жыл бұрын

In 1919, an official Ethiopian goodwill mission was sent to the United States to congratulate the Allied powers on their victory during the First World War. After his official coronation (1930), Emperor Haile Selassie sent the first wave of Ethiopian students to continue their education abroad. Almost a dozen Ethiopian students likewise went to the United States - Harvard, Cornell, New York University, University of Ohio....

@danmiller1396 3 жыл бұрын

@@subrealist I think Bonaparte and the French count as European conquerors. Mussolini occupied Ethiopia long enough to depose Haile Salassie and claim the country for Italy.

@sassymedea3065 2 жыл бұрын

Ethiopia or Ethiopian was often a term that meant African, its translation meaning "burnt face" the actual country of Ethiopia was named abyssinia. It adopted the name Ethiopia to show its pan African allegiance.