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Scope and Content Note
The Florence B. Price Music Manuscripts chiefly contain holograph scores for voice and piano created by Price between 1928 and 1953. The works largely represent her most popular style of composition, the arrangement of Negro spirituals. In addition to these spirituals, the collection also contains one of Price’s most remarkable pieces, the holograph score for Fantasie Nègre no. 1 in E minor. This piece, for solo piano, was first performed by pianist Margaret Bonds in 1932. A score for "If I Told the Stars" with music by Lew Tobin and words by Price is also included.