2026 started as a renaissance year for composer Florence Price. Then came controversy

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Original Load Date March 30, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated March 30, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
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2026 looked to be a renaissance year for the composer [ Florence Price, ][1] a Black woman who made music in Chicago that is now being championed by the classical music world more than 70 years after her death. Minnesota Opera premiered a [ _new work_ ][2] in February about her life, and Cambridge ...