From the New World?
Tom Service examines Dvorak's Symphony No 9, 'From the New World', and Dvorak's belief that the emerging new American music would be led by black composers and musicians.
Tom Service examines Dvorak's Symphony No 9, "From the New World", one of the 91ȱ's current "Ten Pieces III". Dvorak told the New York Herald in 1893 that "a serious and original school of composition should be established in the United States of America" which he hoped would have at its foundation black composers, like those he met, taught, and whose music he promoted at the National Conservatory of Music of America. Alongside Dvorak's Symphony "From the New World', Tom explores the lesser known Symphonies of three black composers: William Grant Still, Florence Price and William Dawson and how they realised Dvorak's dream for American music and used the symphony to create new languages and communities of listeners.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World, 4th Movement
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Florence B. Price
Symphony in E minor, 1st Movement
Performer: New Black Repertory Ensemble. Performer: Leslie B. Dunner.- COLUMBIA.
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William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony, 2nd Movement
Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 Afro American, 1st Movement
Performer: Fort Smith Symphony. Performer: John Jetter.- NAXOS.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 Afro American,3rd Movement
Performer: Fort Smith Symphony. Performer: John Jetter.- NAXOS.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World, 1st Movement.
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Swing Low
Performer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Rutland Clapham.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World, 1st Movement.
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World, Largo
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World, Scherzo
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Antonín Dvořák
Goin 91ȱ (arr. Fisher)
Performer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Alan Booth.- VANGAURD.
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TRADITIONAL
Go Down Moses
Performer: Harry Burleigh.- MUSIC & ARTS.
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Antonín Dvořák
New World Symphony - Musical analysis by Leonard Bernstein
Performer: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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Antonín Dvořák
Goin 91ȱ (arr. Fisher)
Performer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Alan Booth.- VANGAURD.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 Afro American, 1st Movement
Performer: Fort Smith Symphony. Performer: John Jetter.- NAXOS.
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Florence B. Price
Symphony in E minor, 1st Movement
Performer: New Black Repertory Ensemble. Performer: Leslie B. Dunner.- COLUMBIA.
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William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony, 2nd Movement
Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Jan 2018 17:0091ȱ Radio 3
- Fri 30 Aug 2019 16:3091ȱ Radio 3
- Sun 2 Aug 2020 19:0091ȱ Radio 3
- Fri 7 Aug 2020 16:3091ȱ Radio 3
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