Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music by Joseph Horowitz

Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music

Joseph Horowitz with George Shirley (Contributor)

256 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction music challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 foun...

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