Night (Florence B. Price)

Night
Music by Florence B. Price, 1887-1953
Poetry by Louise C. Wallace, n.d.
Score source: www.hildegard....
Rachel Velarde, mezzo-soprano
Luis Rodriguez-Morales, piano
Florence B. Price received her early music training from her mother and attended the New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1906. After she moved to Chicago in 1926, her works received increasing recognition; her Symphony in E Minor won the Rodman Wanamaker Prize in 1932, leading to its performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock at the Chicago World's Fair. Price was one of the pioneer black symphonists along with William Grant Still and William Dawson. Her compositions number close to 300 and her orchestral works were performed in several U.S. cities and in England.
www.hildegard....
Louise C. Wallace was the winner of the 1929 Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel poetry contest, with a poem titled, “World Schoolroom.” Her occupation was listed as teacher in the Heiskell school, and she was determined the unanimous winner of the competition. Very little else is definitively known about Wallace.
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Night (Louise C. Wallace)
Night comes,
A Madonna clad in scented blue.
Rose-red her mouth
and deep her eyes,
She lights her stars,
and turns to where,
Beneath her silver lamp the moon,
Upon a couch of shadow lies
A dreamy child,
The wearied Day.
The Women Sing!
A recital honoring the NATS 2020-2021 celebration of women composers.
Presented during the the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cal Western Region Conference
January 17, 2021
Rachel Velarde, mezzo-soprano
Luis Rodriguez-Morales, piano
Recorded January 9, 2021 at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Videography and editing by Maya James, mayapapayapict...