MUSC 2380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Scottish Folk Music, American Opera Company, Conservatoire De Paris
14 Jul 2016
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He came to nyc from his native bohemia in 1892 to be the director of the national. During his stay in the usa lasting until 1895 he was able to contribute to the creation of a distinctively american style of music. He was a well known nationalist composer who excelled at expressing the spirit of his own person in music. He believed that the native american"s and african american"s had produced the most original and characteristic american music. Accordingly he promoted the idea that these two musical traditions could serve as basis of a new. Today, many would agree that they are not in fact related. The unforgettable first theme of the first movement is a haunting melody played on an english horn has a relatively simple song form of folk music. He wrote all kinds of compositions: chamber music, concertos, church music, operas and oratorios.
