| Description |
viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index. |
| Contents |
Antonin Dvorak comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvorak's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mecanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige." |
| Subject |
Dvorak, Antonin, 1841-1904.
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Music -- United States -- African American influences.
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Peress, Maurice.
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| ISBN |
0195098226 (alk. paper) |
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