b'Program NotesFrom conductor Nell FlandersGeorg and Joyce Albers-Schonberg Assistant ConductorFlorence B. Price and Edvard Grieg were both nationalist composers, whose music celebrated the musical idioms of their people. This embrace of folk traditions carried a political message as well, since Black Americans lacked self-determination in the early 20th century, as did Norwegians, who were under the sovereignty of the Swedish crown in the late 19th century. Both Price and Grieg were expertly trained as pianists and composers in the European concert music tradition, both had a rich knowledge of their national folk music, and they each crafted a uniquely personal style that incorporated both concert and folk music idioms.Florence B. PriceBorn April 9, 1887 Little Rock, ARDied June 3, 1953 ChicagoString Quartet in G MajorII. Andante moderatoComposed 1929Instrumentation StringsDuration 7 minutesFlorence Price was born into a highly cultured middle-class family in the flourishing integrated community of Little Rock, AR at the end of the 19th century. She showed great musical talent from an early age and published her first composition at the age of 11. In 1906, Price graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music where she majored in organ performance and piano pedagogy and studied composition with George princetonsymphony.org/ 12'