Dvořák to Duke Ellington : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / Maurice Peress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peress, Maurice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peress, Maurice.

Music--United States--African American influences.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prominent symphony conductor Maurice Peress describes his career conducting the premiers of such works as Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass' & Duke Ellington's 'Queenie Pie'. He traces the great impact of African American music on American music, beginning with the work of Antonin Dvořák.

Contents:

Antonin Dvořák comes to America

America and Negro music

Dvořák's symphony "From the New World"

The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

The National Conservatory of Music of America

Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, 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 mécanique"

Bernstein's Mass

Duke Ellington

Ellington's "Queenie pie"

Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-537447-9

1-280-45145-9

1-60256-060-9

0-19-535695-0

0-19-509822-6

9786610451456

OCLC:

57404627