Dvorak to Duke Ellington [electronic resource] : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / Maurice Peress.

By: Peress, MauriceContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: viii, 254 p. : illSubject(s): Peress, Maurice | Music -- United States -- African American influencesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 780/.973 LOC classification: ML200 | .P47 2004Online resources: Click to View
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, 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 mecanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".
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Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index.

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, 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 mecanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".

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