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Maurice Peress

    18 mars 1930 – 31 décembre 2017
    Dvořák to Duke Ellington
    • Dvořák to Duke Ellington

      • 264pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Prominent symphony conductor Maurice Peress describes his career conducting the premiers of such works as Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass' and Duke Ellington's 'Queenie Pie'. He traces the great impact of African American music on American music, beginning with the work of Antonin Dvořák.

      Dvořák to Duke Ellington