Description
Book SynopsisComprising both interpretive essays and a selection of documents that bear on Dvorak's career and music, this volume addresses fundamental questions about the composer while presenting an argument for a radical reappraisal.
Trade Review"The image of the composer Antonin Dvorak as a Czech visionary who ventured into the exotic cultural habitat of nineteenth century America is brilliantly portrayed... The five critical essays which make up the first part of the book create a multifaceted portrait of the composer within the musical vanguard of Prague and New York."--Slavic Review
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Looking for Dvorak in December 19923Reversing the Critical Tradition: Innovation, Modernity, and Ideology in the Work and Career of Antonin Dvorak11Dvorak and Brahms: A Chronicle, an Interpretation56Dvorak and the New World: A Concentrated Moment92Dvorak: The Operas104The Master's Little Joke: Antonin Dvorak and the Mask of Nation134Reviews and Criticism from Dvorak's American Years: Articles by Henry Krehbiel, James Huneker, H. L. Mencken, and James Creelman157Letters from Dvorak's American Period: A Selection of Unpublished Correspondence Received by Dvorak in the United States192Antonin Dvorak: A Biographical Sketch211Dvorak in the Czech Press: Unpublished Reviews and Criticism230A Discussion of Two Tone Poems Based on Texts by Karel Jaromir Erben: The Wood Dove and The Golden Spinning Wheel262Index of Names and Compositions277List of Contributors283
