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	Podcast:		Arts Alive with Brian Lauritzen
	Episode:		Dvořák and What It Means to Be an American Composer
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2018-11-07 10:40:33
	Description:		As Election Day comes and goes, Arts Alive is asking the question: what does it mean to be an American composer? In the 1890s, when composers in the United States were searching for a unique “American Sound” in their music, they turned to Antonin Dvořák…from Bohemia. Dvořák came to the U.S., met up with composer Harry T. Burleigh—the grandson of former slaves, who was writing art songs and spirituals. Together, Burleigh and Dvořák came to the conclusion that American composers didn’t need Dvořák to find an American sound in classical music—the American sound was already there.
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