The music of Antonin Dvorák defies fashion. He is one of the very few composers whose works entered the international mainstream during his own lifetime, and some of them have remained there ever since. The pieces that historically define his inter
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"Hurwitz's prose style is clear, chatty, and breezy . . ." -- Choice, March 2006
"The writing style is colloquial . . . conversational. . . . An excellent introduction to the composer." -- American Record Guide, January/February 2006
"highly recommended." -- The Washington Times, September 18, 2005
"The writing style is colloquial . . . conversational. . . . An excellent introduction to the composer." -- American Record Guide, January/February 2006
"highly recommended." -- The Washington Times, September 18, 2005
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I was born in Wilmington, Delaware and grew up in Connecticut. I have graduate degrees in Modern European History from Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities, and at one time or another studied and played piano, clarinet, viola, and percussion. I am currently the founder and Executive Editor of Classicstoday.com, the internet's first major classical music review magazine.
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'... If one defines greatness as the ability to create a series of masterpieces over a broad range of musical media, then Dvorak was, demonstrably and without exaggeration, the greatest composer of the last half of the nineteenth century.' This quotation from Mr. Hurwitz leaves litle to question about his opinion of Dvorak. And in the last half of the nineteenth century when Brahms, Mahler, Wagner, Tchaikovshy, Verdi, Strauss, and Sibelius were working. Not a bad company with which to be associated.Mr. Hurwitz has a reputation for taking the work of a composer (Wagner, Mahler, Mozart) and providing an insight into the music, it's history, it's derivation to give the reader a better understanding of the music you are hearing. The book is about 250 pages long, and the book comes with two full length audio CD's containing 22 tracks of Dvorak's work. These serve to illustrate Mr. Hurwitz's commentary and analysis. A book of this length and two classical CD's for this price is extraordinary in itself.
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The music of Antonin Dvorak defies fashion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
train tunes, symphonic variations, transition theme, trio section, opening theme Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cello Concerto, Fourth Symphony, Third Symphony, Water Goblin, Eighth Symphony, Provisional Theater, Fifth Symphony, New World, New York, Second Symphony, Slavonic Dances, African American, Seventh Symphony, Sixth Symphony, The Specter's Bride, Dies Irae, National Conservatory, Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius, Stabat Mater, Dramatic Overture, The Cunning Peasant, Czech Suite, Native American, The American Flag, The Wood Dove New!
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The music of Antonin Dvorak defies fashion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
train tunes, symphonic variations, transition theme, trio section, opening theme Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cello Concerto, Fourth Symphony, Third Symphony, Water Goblin, Eighth Symphony, Provisional Theater, Fifth Symphony, New World, New York, Second Symphony, Slavonic Dances, African American, Seventh Symphony, Sixth Symphony, The Specter's Bride, Dies Irae, National Conservatory, Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius, Stabat Mater, Dramatic Overture, The Cunning Peasant, Czech Suite, Native American, The American Flag, The Wood Dove New!
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- The Bartered Bride: Vocal Score by Marian Farguhar on 5 pages
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Advanced Piano Duet) (Keyboard Ensemble) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 20, and page 57
- Das Rheingold: G. Schirmer Opera Score, Ed. 1563 (Complete Vocal Score) by F Jameson in Front Matter, and page 70
- Boris Godunov in Full Score (Rimsky-Korsakov Version) by Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky in Front Matter, and page 82
- Tristan and Isolde: English National Opera Guide 6 (English National Opera Guides) by Richard Wagner in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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