Antonin dvorak biography symphony in black
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Antonin dvorak biography symphony in black
Deconstructing the racial myths behind Dvořák's ‘New World Symphony’
In his 2021 book Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony, musicologist Douglas Shadle tackles one of the most popular and celebrated American symphonies.
Having been influenced by Native American and Black music, Dvořák saw the future of the great American symphony within nonclassical genres when he wrote his Symphony No. 9 in 1893. To a degree, he was correct. George Gershwin would compose another iconic American work, Rhapsody in Blue, in 1924, using a heavily jazz-influenced style that imitates the sounds of an urban landscape.
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This is similar to Dvořák’s idea, but, as Shadle points out, there are misconceptions about New World, especially its creation, performance and reception.
The New World Symphony, as Shadle puts it, has done harm as well as good.
The relationship between Black music traditions and classical music had discourse going on for 10 or more years before Dvořák. The good is that he