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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792231503321

Autore

Peress Maurice

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-537447-9

1-280-45145-9

1-60256-060-9

0-19-535695-0

0-19-509822-6

9786610451456

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

780/.973

Soggetti

Music - United States - African American influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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".

Sommario/riassunto

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.