January 25, 1896 - November 1, 1927


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Musical feature 

While Duke Ellington's Black Beauty has been the composition that has done most to keep Florence Mills' memory alive, Constant Lambert's hauntingly beautiful lament for her death has also played an important role.  The most recent version has been by pianist Mark Bebbington. Here is his

Elegiac Blues

played by Mark Bebbington on SOMM CD 062
See details here 

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                            Florence Mills: Month by Month

                                                      
April          
   
    19
03    Guest appearance as child star in Sons of Ham at Washington DC
  
1911   Plays Harlem's Lincoln Theatre as member of the Mills Sisters
    1919    With Panama Trio at Empress Theatre, Omaha Nebraska
    1922    Shares bill in charity appearance at Belasco Theatre with Nora Bayes, 
                Ruth Draper, Paul Whiteman, Basil Rathbone, Frank Crumit & other big names
    1923
    Sails for London & first international appearance aboard Cunard liner Albania
    1925    Finishes long Philadelphia run of Dixie to Broadway
   
1926    Opens 6-week run in Blackbirds of 1926 at Alhambra Theatre, Harlem
    1927    Plays 250th performance of Blackbirds at London Pavilion

          

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