Dvorak in America: In Search of the New World

by Joseph Horowitz

Hardcover, 2003

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Culture, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Global Connections, Biography, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Cricket Books/Marcato (2003), Edition: 1st, 160 pages

Description

An account of Antonin Dvorak's 1890s stay in America, where he took the essences of Indian drums, slave spirituals, and other musical forms and created from them a distinctly new music.

Awards

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2004)

Language

English

Original language

English

ISBN

0812626818 / 9780812626810

DDC/MDS

780.92

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