Florence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an African-American classical composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra.
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9 April 1887 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
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Died |
3 June 1953 (aged 66) Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Zodiac | Aries |
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