Dvořák : his life & music
Gervase Hughes (Author)
Antonin Dvořák, the son of a humble innkeeper in Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia, became not only the greatest composer ever to emerge from his homeland but also one of the most highly honored musicians of his generation in Europe and in America, where he spent three years as Director of the National Conservatory in New York and composed his renowned Symphony Number 9, "From the New World." A "popular" composer in the true sense, he relied heavily on folk music and national legend for his material, and his works remain a vital part of the modern repertoire. The book embodies the considerable research into Dvořák's background that has been accomplished recently in Czechoslovakia and resurrects into proper perspective many works, particularly his operas, that are representative of his genius and have been too long neglected
Print Book, English, 1967
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1967