Talks on Western Classical Music

When

Thu, 6 August 2026

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Price

Price TBA

Stuart-Liff Collection Library: Thursday, 16th July at 4.00 pm Dvorak: New World Symphony The second talk of the series by Dr. Cavas Bilimoria this month will focus on Antonin Dvoraks New World Symphony. In 1892, having secured leave from the Prague Conservatoire, Dvorak went to America as Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York, a forerunner of what is today the Juilliard School. The name From the New World which the composer himself gave his symphony clearly points to the basic idea of this work. The contact with the folk music of another land, namely the African American Spirituals and the folk music of the Native Americans had a stimulating effect on Dvoraks imagination. As he himself said that in these African American melodies, he discovered all that is needed for