Dvorak's Prophecy - And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music (Hardcover)

In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorak prophesied a "great and noble" school of American classical music based on the searing "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would found popular genres known the world over, it never gained a foothold in the concert hall. Joseph Horowitz ranges throughout American cultural history, from Frederick Douglass and Huckleberry Finn to Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and the work of Ralph Ellison, searching for explanations. Challenging the standard narrative for American classical music fashioned by Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, he looks back to literary figures-Emerson, Melville and Twain-to ponder how American music can connect with a "usable past". The result is a new paradigm, that makes room for Black composers, including Harry Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett, William Dawson and Florence Price, to redefine the classical canon.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2021
Authors:	Joseph Horowitz
Foreword by:	George Shirley
Dimensions:	236 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-88124-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Books > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-88124-5
Barcode:	9780393881240

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