Dvorak in love A lighthearted dream Author:Josef Skvorecky An exuberant tour de force. ?James Marcus, The Nation Here is a wonderfully imagined picture of a little known period in American musical history. In 1892, at the height of his prodigious powers, Antonin Dvorak was persuaded to leave his native Bohemia to come to New York to be director of the National Conservatory for Music. In this exuberant n... more »ovel, Josef Skvorecky tells the story of Dvorak?s utterly requited love affair with young America, the anthem of which is his famous Symphony in E Minor, ?From the New World.?« less
ISBN-13: 9780886190590 ISBN-10: 0886190592 Pages:325 Edition:1st Canadian ed Rating: