Antonín Dvořák Quote

I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any serious and original school of composition to be developed in the United States.


Interviewed by James Creelman, New York Herald, May 21, 1893.

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I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any ...

I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any ...

I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any ...

I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any ...