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In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s Dr. Brown rediscovered, edited, and published critical examinations of [[Florence Price]]'s music. This research became the basis for a wider recognition of Price's role in and contribution to American music. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Price|first1=Florence|title=Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3|date=2007|publisher=A-R Editions|isbn=978-0-89579-638-7|url=https://www.areditions.com/price-symphonies-nos-1-and-3-mu19-a066.html|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3}}</ref> <ref name="The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and Florence B. Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement">{{cite journal|last1=Brown|first1=Rae Linda|title=The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and Florence B. Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement|journal=American Music|date=1993|volume=11|issue=2|pages=185-205|doi=10.2307/3052554|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3052554|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Rae Linda|title=Selected Orchestral Music of Florence B. Price (1888-1953) in the Context of Her Life and Work|date=1987|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven|pages=237|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Selected_Orchestral_Music_of_Florence_B.html?id=HOB5MQEACAAJ|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Selected Orchestral Music of Florence B. Price (1888-1953) in the Context of Her Life and Work}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last1=Ross|first1=Alex|title=The Rediscovery of Florence Price|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/05/the-rediscovery-of-florence-price|website=The New Yorker|publisher=Conde Nast|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=The Rediscovery of Florence Price}}</ref> This recognition contributed to the discovery of previously unknown scores now housed at the University of Arkansas. <ref>{{cite web|title=Florence Price Papers|url=https://libraries.uark.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/price.html|website=University or Arkansas Special Collections|publisher=University of Arkansas|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Florence Price Papers}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Rae Linda|title=Dr. Rae Linda Brown on the Florence Price music discovery|url=https://vimeo.com/99915411|website=Vimeo|publisher=Jim Greeson|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Dr. Rae Linda Brown on the Florence Price music discovery}}</ref>
In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s Dr. Brown rediscovered, edited, and published critical examinations of [[Florence Price]]'s music. This research became the basis for a wider recognition of Price's role in and contribution to American music. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Price|first1=Florence|title=Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3|date=2007|publisher=A-R Editions|isbn=978-0-89579-638-7|url=https://www.areditions.com/price-symphonies-nos-1-and-3-mu19-a066.html|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3}}</ref> <ref name="The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and Florence B. Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement">{{cite journal|last1=Brown|first1=Rae Linda|title=The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and Florence B. Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement|journal=American Music|date=1993|volume=11|issue=2|pages=185-205|doi=10.2307/3052554|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3052554|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Rae Linda|title=Selected Orchestral Music of Florence B. Price (1888-1953) in the Context of Her Life and Work|date=1987|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven|pages=237|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Selected_Orchestral_Music_of_Florence_B.html?id=HOB5MQEACAAJ|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Selected Orchestral Music of Florence B. Price (1888-1953) in the Context of Her Life and Work}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last1=Ross|first1=Alex|title=The Rediscovery of Florence Price|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/05/the-rediscovery-of-florence-price|website=The New Yorker|publisher=Conde Nast|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=The Rediscovery of Florence Price}}</ref> This recognition contributed to the discovery of previously unknown scores now housed at the University of Arkansas. <ref>{{cite web|title=Florence Price Papers|url=https://libraries.uark.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/price.html|website=University or Arkansas Special Collections|publisher=University of Arkansas|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Florence Price Papers}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Rae Linda|title=Dr. Rae Linda Brown on the Florence Price music discovery|url=https://vimeo.com/99915411|website=Vimeo|publisher=Jim Greeson|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=Dr. Rae Linda Brown on the Florence Price music discovery}}</ref>


Dr. Brown was a Professor at Michigan University and The University of California, Irvine. At Irvine Brown served as the Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Chair of the Department of Music. In this role Brown oversaw completion of a new building for the department, the development of new academic programs in jazz, and a doctoral program in [http://music.arts.uci.edu/icit/ Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology].
Dr. Brown was a Professor at Michigan University and The University of California, Irvine. At Irvine Brown served as the Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Chair of the Department of Music.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Ashleigh|title=The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown|url=https://www.aaihs.org/the-life-and-music-of-florence-price-an-interview-with-rae-linda-brown/|website=Black Perspectives|publisher=African American Intellectual History Society|accessdate=23 March 2018|ref=The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown}}</ref> In this role Brown oversaw completion of a new building for the department, the development of new academic programs in jazz, and a doctoral program in [http://music.arts.uci.edu/icit/ Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology].




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Rae Linda Brown
Rae Linda Brown
Rae Linda Brown
Background information
Birth nameRae Linda Brown
Born(1953-10-17)October 17, 1953
Hartford
DiedAugust 20, 2017(2017-08-20) (aged 63)
Seattle
Occupation(s)Musicologist

Rae Linda Brown (1953 – 2017) was an American musicologist.

As a scholar, archivist and editor Dr. Rae Linda Brown published on the life and work of Florence Price and William Grant Still. Brown also conducted research on topics in American classical music, Black Music and African-American classical composers. As a professor and administrator Brown led in the creation of new academic programs at the University of California, Irvine, Loyola Marymount University, and Pacific Lutheran University.

Brown grew up in Hartford Connecticut and earned degrees at the University_of_Connecticut and Yale University.[1] Brown's doctoral work at Yale catalogued sheet music and scores in the James Weldon Johnson memorial collection at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and comprises Volume 23 of the Garland Critical Studies on Black Life and Culture.[2]

In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s Dr. Brown rediscovered, edited, and published critical examinations of Florence Price's music. This research became the basis for a wider recognition of Price's role in and contribution to American music. [3] [4] [5] [6] This recognition contributed to the discovery of previously unknown scores now housed at the University of Arkansas. [7] [8]

Dr. Brown was a Professor at Michigan University and The University of California, Irvine. At Irvine Brown served as the Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Chair of the Department of Music.[9] In this role Brown oversaw completion of a new building for the department, the development of new academic programs in jazz, and a doctoral program in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology.


References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Rae Linda Brown". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ Brown, Rae Linda (1982). Music, printed and manuscript, in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters: an annotated catalog. Garland. ISBN 978-0824093198. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ Price, Florence (2007). Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3. A-R Editions. ISBN 978-0-89579-638-7. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ Brown, Rae Linda (1993). "The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and Florence B. Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement". American Music. 11 (2): 185–205. doi:10.2307/3052554. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. ^ Brown, Rae Linda (1987). Selected Orchestral Music of Florence B. Price (1888-1953) in the Context of Her Life and Work. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 237. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ^ Ross, Alex. "The Rediscovery of Florence Price". The New Yorker. Conde Nast. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Florence Price Papers". University or Arkansas Special Collections. University of Arkansas. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ^ Brown, Rae Linda. "Dr. Rae Linda Brown on the Florence Price music discovery". Vimeo. Jim Greeson. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. ^ Gordon, Ashleigh. "The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown". Black Perspectives. African American Intellectual History Society. Retrieved 23 March 2018.



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