Dances in the Canebrakes

• When this set of piano pieces was published in 1953,¹ it was subtitled with the description, “Based on authentic Negro rhythms.” 
• This set was one of Price’s last compositions: she died of a stroke on June 3, 1953.²
• Another great African-American composer, William Grant Still,  orchestrated Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes. 

Contents 

1. Nimble Feet 
2. Tropical Noon 
3. Silk Hat and Walking Cane 

1. Rae Linda Brown, “Price [née Smith], Florence Bea(trice),” Grove Music Online (March 30, 2020), accessed July 21, 2021,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-90000367402.
2. Ibid.