Classical guitarist Thomas Flippin performs his arrangement of Nimble Feet from Dances in the Canebrakes by Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953). This comes via Flippin’s YouTube channel. Wonderful performance by Flippin with such playful rhythms, articulations, and beautiful phrasing. Florence Price was an American composer, pianist, and music teacher. Here’s Flippin’s description:
Originally written for piano in the year of Price’s death (1953), Dances in the Canebrakes is inspired by African-American life in the sugar plantations of the southern United States.
Each movement reflects a playful dance form that is idiomatic of African-American music from the early 1900’s. Flippin’s arrangement of Nimble Feet is likely the first and only version made for guitar and follows in the tradition of William Grant Still, who arranged the work for orchestra after Price’s death.
Recorded live at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, Connecticut and engineered by Greg DiCrosta. This video was premiered by the Seattle Classical Guitar Society.
via Flippin’s YouTube channel
