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Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint
Florence Price · 1887–1953 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Set of pieces
- Length
- About 13 min
- Composed
- —
- Era
- 20th century · woman composer
Notes
Four settings: Go Down Moses, Somebody's Knockin' at Yo' Do', Little David and Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho