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Florence Price | The Heart of a Woman

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Florence Beatrice Price was born in

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Chicago, Illinois

c)

New York City

d)

Little Rock, Arkansas

2.

Florence Price was born in 1887 toward the end of the 19th Century.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Check all that apply.

Florence Price was a

a)

Pianist

b)

Music Educator

c)

Organist

d)

Composer

4.

Florence Price was taught piano by

a)

her father

b)

her mother

c)

her school

d)

a private piano teacher

5.

The Chicago Symphony performed Price's Symphony No. 1 in E minor in the year...

a)

1903

b)

1933

6.

Check all that apply.

Florence Price composed

a)

Symphonies for orchestra

b)

Chamber music

c)

Vocal songs

d)

Choral pieces

7.

When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Price's Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933, why was it groundbreaking?

a)

It was the first time a major symphony orchestra had performed a piece by an African American woman.

b)

It was the first time a major symphony orchestra performed in Chicago.

c)

An all male, all white orchestra performed the work of an African American woman.

d)

Florence Price performed a solo with them.

8.

What is the rhythmic dance heard in the 3rd movement of Suite of Dances played by the Sequoiya Symphony?

a)

The Git Up

b)

The Jig

c)

The Jive

d)

The Juba

9.

True or False.

Sometimes, Price published popular songs under a man's name.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which piece was NOT written by Florence Price?

a)

Suite of Dances

b)

Suite in A minor

c)

"Hold Fast to Dreams"

d)

"The Entertainer"

11.

Florence Price died at the age of 66 in ________ in Chicago, Illinois.

a)

1933

b)

1976

c)

1953

d)

1966

12.

Florence Price married Thomas J. Price in 1920. They had ___ children.

a)

5

b)

3

c)

2

d)

No