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

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

Author/creator	Peress, Maurice
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Description	viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subject(s)	Peress, Maurice. Music--United States --African American influences.

Contents	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".
Bibliography note	Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2003002793
ISBN	0195098226 (alk. paper)

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