Dvořák and his world / edited by Michael Beckerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckerman, Michael Brim, 1951-

Series:

Bard Music Festival

The Bard Music Festival ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.

Dvořák, Antonín.

Composers--Czech Republic--Biography.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Antonin Dvorák made his famous trip to the United States one hundred years ago, but despite an enormous amount of attention from scholars and critics since that time, he remains an elusive figure. Comprising both interpretive essays and a selection of fascinating documents that bear on Dvorák's career and music, this volume addresses fundamental questions about the composer while presenting an argument for a radical reappraisal. The essays, which make up the first part of the book, begin with Leon Botstein's inquiry into the reception of Dvorák's work in German-speaking Europe, in England, and in America. Commenting on the relationship between Dvorák and Brahms, David Beveridge offers the first detailed portrait of perhaps the most interesting artistic friendship of the era. Joseph Horowitz explores the context in which the "New World" Symphony was premiered a century ago, offering an absorbing account of New York musical life at that time. In discussing Dvorák as a composer of operas, Jan Smaczny provides an unexpected slant on the widely held view of him as a "nationalist" composer. Michael Beckerman further investigates this view of Dvorák by raising the question of the role nationalism played in music of the nineteenth century. The second part of this volume presents Dvorák's correspondence and reminiscences as well as unpublished reviews and criticism from the Czech press. It includes a series of documents from the composer's American years, a translation of the review of Rusalka's premiere with the photographs that accompanied the article, and Janácek's analyses of the symphonic poems. Many of these documents are published in English for the first time.

Contents:

pt. 1. Essays

pt. 2. Documents and criticism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613379757

9781283379755

1283379759

9781400831692

1400831695

OCLC:

778618960