Hold Fast to Dreams

Florence B. Price combines a fascinating spectrum of intense emotionality, lively lightness and playful charm in her works, which captivated me from the very first moment. In particular, her songs, which are characterized by great sensitivity and melodic ingenuity, made a lasting impression on me through their expressivity and complexity. But it is not only her music that leaves a lasting impression on me, I am also deeply moved by her life story. Florence B. Price was a single mother of two children after she divorced her husband. Tragically, she had to cope with the loss of one of her children at a young age - a fate that certainly shaped her life profoundly. As an African-American artist, she also had to assert herself in a time characterized by deep racism and in which women were rarely recognized in the world of classical music anyway. It is very surprising that her works have not yet been published in their entirety,... (Excerpts from the text in the booklet by Sascha EL Mouissi)