"A program companion, edited by Joseph Horowitz, for a weekend festival celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Dvorak's New World symphony, and honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Amy Beach"--Page [1]. Includes bibliographical references (page 52).
Contents:
Introduction : "From the New World" / by Joseph Horowitz -- Dvorak in America : a chronology -- Program I (Jan. 28 and 29). Notes on the program / by Joseph Horowitz, Adrienne Fried Block and Michael Beckerman ; "The real value of Negro melodies" (an interview with Dvorak, May 21, 1893) ; Two views of the New World Symphony / W.J. Henderson (December 17, 1893), Philip Hale (December 23, 1910) -- Program II (Jan. 30). Notes on the program / by Joseph Horowitz ; "Dvorak's long American reach" / by Adrienne Fried Block ; "Dvorak and the American Indians" / by John Mack Faragher ; "Dvorak and African-American music" / by Samuel Floyd, Jr.
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