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- Florence Price
Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 2+pic.2.2.2/4.2.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/[cel]/str (cel cued in perc 4)
- 14 min
- 1st March 2026, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- 2nd March 2026, Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America
Programme Note
Composer note
Ethiopia’s Shadow in America is intended to portray:
I. Introduction and Allegretto – The arrival of the Negro in America when he was first brought here as a slave.
II. Andante – His resignation and faith.
III. Allegro – His adaptation, a fusion of his native and acquired impulses.
— Florence B. Price
Media
Mvt I: The arrival of the Negro in America when first brought here as a slave