Bea Breaks Barriers! How Florence Beatrice Prices’s Music Triumphed Over Prejudice
Caitlin Delems, illustrated by Tonya Engel
Florence Beatrice “Bea” Price’s life as a Black classical composer began with a childhood immersed in piano practice, spirituals, classical music, Juba rhythms, and folk songs in Little Rock, Arkansas. She faced systemic racism and sexism while pursuing her work. The biography notes that she composed more than 300 pieces, including a spiritual sung by Marian Anderson, and became the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.
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