Dvořák to Duke Ellington : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peress, Maurice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Peress, Maurice.
Peress, Maurice
Music > United States > African American influences.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Music > African American influences
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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