| Description |
viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (pages 241-242), bibliographical references (pages 243-244), and index. |
| 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". |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- African American influences.
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Music. |
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United States. |
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Peress, Maurice.
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Peress, Maurice. |
| ISBN |
0195098226 alkaline paper |
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