MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Child Prodigy, Trio Ii, African-American Music
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Lecture 22 - antonin dvorak + the string quartet. Born in bohemia (now part of the czech republic: eldest of 8 children, not a child prodigy, started writing in his 20"s. In uenced by: 1) brahms, 2) beethoven, 3) schubert, (composer of lieder, but also wrote other genres, such as string quartets, used this music as inspiration) An avid traveler: visited london 9 times (wrote the 7th symphony here, came to us as a direct of the national conservatory of music. Friday, march 3, 2017: this conservatory no longer exists. Went to new york, iowa, illinois, nebraska and minnesota. As the director of the conservatory, he thought that it was important to de ne it. As a director: strong advocate for native american + african american music as a basis for. American music: believed that these two cultures would help america nd its voice. Friday, march 3, 2017: part of his missions while he was in the us.
