Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out what's great about a culture. That's exactly what Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was when he came to the U.S. At the end of the 19th century. He was an ...

Joseph Horowitz, concert producer, cultural historian, and author of Dvořák’s Prophecy and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music John McWhorter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Department of ...

Dvorak incorporated many of the distinctive music styles he heard while he was in this country, including Native American Ceremonial music and spirituals into his New World Symphony. We'll enjoy it ...

You don’t have to travel to Austria or Italy to visit the home of a world-famous classical music composer. Just a short drive from Rochester rests a small town that one master called home for a summer ...

Last week we had Antonin Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein and the San Diego Symphony. I was looking forward to more Dvorak this season. His Symphony No. 9 was originally on the schedule ...

Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony" is an anthem to American roots. It was written by a foreigner and required white classical musicians to... Dvorak's beloved 'New World' symphony was an anthem to ...

Moderated by Allen C. Guelzo, Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship “Horowitz has taught me to listen to ...