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Dvořák and his world

✍ Scribed by Beckerman, Michael; Dvořák, Antonín

Publisher
N.J., Princeton University press
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Leaves
296
Series
The Bard Music Festival
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Content: AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Looking for Dvorak in December 19923Reversing the Critical Tradition: Innovation, Modernity, and Ideology in the Work and Career of Antonin Dvorak11Dvorak and Brahms: A Chronicle, an Interpretation56Dvorak and the New World: A Concentrated Moment92Dvorak: The Operas104The Master's Little Joke: Antonin Dvorak and the Mask of Nation134Reviews and Criticism from Dvorak's American Years: Articles by Henry Krehbiel, James Huneker, H. L. Mencken, and James Creelman157Letters from Dvorak's American Period: A Selection of Unpublished Correspondence Received by Dvorak in the United States192Antonin Dvorak: A Biographical Sketch211Dvorak in the Czech Press: Unpublished Reviews and Criticism230A Discussion of Two Tone Poems Based on Texts by Karel Jaromir Erben: The Wood Dove and The Golden Spinning Wheel262Index of Names and Compositions277List of Contributors283

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Dvořák, Antonín, -- 1841-1904. Dvořák, Antonín, -- 1841-1904, Dvořák, Antonín, -- 1841-1904 -- Critique et interprétation. Compositeurs -- République tchèque -- Biographies.

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