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| Named Person: | Maurice Peress; Maurice Peress; Antonín Dvořák |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Maurice Peress |
| ISBN: | 0195098226 9780195098228 |
| OCLC Number: | 51728680 |
| Description: | viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| 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." |
| Responsibility: | Maurice Peress. |
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