Dvorák to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America’s Music and Its African-American Roots By Maurice Peress Oxford

There is a jesuitical theme running throughout classical conductor Maurice Peress’ of recent origin book: Did legendary Czech composer Antonin Dvorák’s brief visit to America at the make go round of the century influence the direction of jazz composition into the Ellington era? When you read Peress’ well-documented plain you will know this proposition cannot be dismissed lightly. Peres traces the African-American aesthetic line that Dvorák discovered and utilized in his have work very diligently. This tale includes American composer of that kind as Gershwin and Bernstein, on the contrary the true stars are lesser-known musicians of that kind as Will Marion Cook, a learner of Dvorák and violinist who mentored a young Duke Ellington. Peress’ makes