Dvorak's Prophecy
And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music
Seiten
2021
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-88124-0 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-88124-0 (ISBN)
A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America “stayed white”—how it got to be that way and what can be done about it.
In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorák 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.
In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorák 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.
A former New York Times music critic, Joseph Horowitz is the author of ten books exploring the history of American music, including Classical Music in America and Artists in Exile –both named books of the year by the Economist. He lives in New York City.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.12.2021 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | George Shirley |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 484 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-88124-5 / 0393881245 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-88124-0 / 9780393881240 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch (Verlag)
CHF 38,90
