Vanderbilt: New Book Describes Turning Point in the Racialization of Classical Music
March 04, 2021
March 04, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
To most modern listeners, Antonin Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 From the New World is a mainstay of the classical music repertoire. Its evocations of folk melodies, particularly the plaintive English horn solo in the second movement, and themes that preview some of Aaron Copland's 20th century ballet music sound familiar. Yet those who heard it at its 1893 premiere found it confusing: Was . . .
To most modern listeners, Antonin Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 From the New World is a mainstay of the classical music repertoire. Its evocations of folk melodies, particularly the plaintive English horn solo in the second movement, and themes that preview some of Aaron Copland's 20th century ballet music sound familiar. Yet those who heard it at its 1893 premiere found it confusing: Was . . .