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Maurice Peress

    March 18, 1930 – December 31, 2017
    Dvořák to Duke Ellington
    • Dvořák to Duke Ellington

      • 264 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      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