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Florence Price
Credit: University of Arkansas Libraries, Special Collections

Sixty-Five years after she died, African-American composer Florence Price has returned to prominence in classical music. Her home state school,  the University of Arkansas recorded two of her compositions that had never been performed,  in full,  before. Violinist Er-Gene Kahng, Professor Of Violin at the University of Arkansas,  recorded the works with the Janacek Philharmonic. She also performed in a live concert with the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra.

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