Peress, Maurice. <br/><br/>
Dvořák to Duke Ellington  a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots /  [electronic resource] : 
Maurice Peress. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2004. 
 - viii, 254 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes discography (p. 241-242), bibliographical references (p. 243-244), and index. 
<br/><br/>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". 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Peress, Maurice.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music--African American influences.--United States
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML200  / .P47 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>780/.973