Loading episode...

Now Hear This

Season 3 • Episode 2 • Florence Price and the American Migration

2 / 4

Select Server:

If one server doesn't work, try another

Now Hear This Season 3, Episode 2: Florence Price and the American Migration

0 0 • 56 min • 0.0/10

Scott explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African-American spirituals — a mixture of West African songs and European hymns — influenced her work and nearly all of American popular music. Watch Now Hear This Season 3, Episode 2 Florence Price and the American Migration in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Now Hear This Season 3, Episode 2 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

Comments

Please to post a comment.

No comments yet. Be the first to comment.

Episodes

4 episodes
Amy Beach, American Romantic
1

Amy Beach, American Romantic

At his music festival, Scott plays America’s greatest Romantic composer, Amy Beach. In New England, he explores her roots and career. At a time when society looked down on women composers, Beach worked to invent a new American music.

56 min
Florence Price and the American Migration
2

Florence Price and the American Migration

Scott explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African-American spirituals — a mixture of West African songs and European hymns — influenced her work and nearly all of American popular music.

56 min
Dean of American Music
3

Dean of American Music

Scott spends a month each year teaching students, just as Aaron Copland did during his career. Together they’ll play Copland’s music to learn how he drew from his roots and American folk songs to invent the American sound.

56 min
New American Voices
4

New American Voices

Scott meets and plays with modern masters: Sergio Assad shows him how Brazilian music inspires his work, now staples of the classical canon. Reena Esmail draws from traditional Indian rhythms and scales to create her signature sound.

56 min