Dvorák in America : [electronic resource] in search of the New World /

Horowitz, Joseph, 1948- Dvorák in America : : in search of the New World / [electronic resource] / Joseph Horowitz.. — 1st ed.. — Chicago : : Cricket Books,, 2003.. — x, 158 p. : : ill. ; 22 cm.

"A Marcato book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prelude: Young Harry Burleigh -- New York greets Dvorák -- Dvorák gets his bearings -- Buffalo Bill and Hiawatha -- Dvorák and the "yellow" press -- Spillville -- The New World Symphony -- A tale of two cities -- Postlude: Old Harry Burleigh.



Анотація:
An account of Antonin Dvorak's 1890s stay in America, where he took the essences of Indian drums, slave spirituals, and other musical forms and created from them a distinctly new music.

0812626818 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780812626810 (cloth : alk. paper) 0812626923 (paper : alk. paper) 9780812626926 (paper : alk. paper)

2002151456


Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904 --Travel--United States--Juvenile literature.
Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904.


Composers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Composers.
Music--History and criticism.--United States


United States--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
United States--Description and travel.

ML3930.D9 / H67 2003

780/.92