Dvo�r�ak to Duke Ellington [electronic resource] : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / Maurice Peress.

Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index.

Antonin Dvo�r�ak comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvo�r�ak'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 m�ecanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.