Florence Price A Distinguished Composer

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Florence Price : A Distinguished Composer

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Florence Price : A Distinguished Composer

Introduction

Many contemporary scholars in the Arts of Music recognize the situation that African music became popular in the music industry for its historical lyrics and the message it convey strikes the audience heart Most of this song is communal activity . Most African-American easily learns the chants and rhythm handed down from one generation to the next . African tribal

singing is first and foremost polyphonic . African musical life with its Afro- American links is interesting and significant where no other part of the continent can offer as much

The artifacts found by archeologists and anthropologists as stone tools for music from East and South Africa are believed to be a million years ago which traces the oldest evidence of human activity in music . True music of Africa through its tribal song and dance belongs from the South Saharan Desert . Today , the Afro-ethnic musicianship , skillful improvisations and quick wit has emerged in the 21st century genre of music and dance , such as depicted by the West Indian calypso , reggae and rap (Zick , 2006 . The same tradition is evident in the ebullience of such musicians , like Florence Price (1887-1953 ) who like many other African artists have emerged in the industry and became popular for their unique style . This will discuss and examine how Florence Price has contributed to African music and the instrumentation...