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UNINA9910792231503321 |
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Autore |
Peress Maurice |
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Titolo |
Dvořák to Duke Ellington [[electronic resource] ] : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / / Maurice Peress |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-537447-9 |
1-280-45145-9 |
1-60256-060-9 |
0-19-535695-0 |
0-19-509822-6 |
9786610451456 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Music - United States - African American influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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