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

• Autore: Peress Maurice
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 780/.973
• Soggetto topico: Music - United States - African American influences
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dvořák to Duke Ellington
• ISBN: 0-19-537447-9; 1-280-45145-9; 1-60256-060-9; 0-19-535695-0; 0-19-509822-6; 9786610451456
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792231503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II