Joelle Wallach Speaks on Antonin Dvorak at The New York Society Library 3/16

Composer and musicologist Joelle Wallach lectures on Antonin Dvo?ák's time in New York and its impact on classical music, with slides and musical examples.

 

Invited to teach young musicians at the school which became Juilliard, and to craft a new American music, Antonin Dvo?ák came to New York for several years. Using the techniques and enthusiasm he had brought to the national music of his native Bohemia, Dvo?ák espoused the causes of Native- and African-Americans, studying their melodies and infusing his symphonic and chamber music with them to create the sonorities we still recognize as the sound of American classical music.

Joelle Wallach, returning after her rich introduction to Handel's Messiah in December 2008, will illustrate Dvo?ák's life, music, and significance with lecture, slides, and musical examples.

 

The event will take place on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at The New York Society Library.

The New York Society Library is located at 53 East 79th Street (just east of Madison Avenue; 6 train to 77th Street).

Ticket information is available at www.nysoclib.org/notes/2010/dvorak_new_york.html. Library nonmembers and members are welcome; nonmembers should register by phone at 212-288-6900 x230. There is a $10/person fee.

Dr. Joelle Wallach's music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voices and choruses has been honored with commissions by the New York Philharmonic Ensembles and the New York Choral Society and a nomination for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music. She holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University, as well as the first doctorate in composition given by the Manhattan School of Music. A frequent pre-concert lecturer for the New York Philharmonic, Dr. Wallach speaks on a broad range of musical subjects, bringing fresh insights to familiar works.

The New York Society Library was founded in 1754, and is the city's oldest library. In the eighteenth century, an organization labeled "Society" meant that it was open to all-available to everyone throughout society. The Library is open to all for reading, reference, and most events, with circulation and other services by subscription. The beautiful landmarked building dates from 1917 and includes reading rooms, spaces for study, stacks, and an exhibition gallery. The Library has approximately 275,000 volumes and hosts a variety of special events, reading groups, workshops, as well as the New York City Book Awards.

More information on the Library: www.nysoclib.org.
More information on Dr. Joelle Wallach: www.joellewallach.com.