{"product_id":"v3-dvo-ak-s-prophecy","title":"The Souls of Black Folk and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music (Dvorak's Prophecy) (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDVOŘÁK’S PROPHECY – A New Narrative for American Classical Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilm 3: The Souls of Black Folk and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and produced by Joseph Horowitz\u003cbr\u003eVisual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess – the highest creative achievement in American classical music – embodies a glorious (and controversial) fulfilment of Dvořák’s prophecy, there also exists a buried lineage of exceptional compositions by Black composers following in Dvořák’s wake. Coming first was his assistant Harry Burleigh, whose seminal settings of Deep River are as much compositions as transcriptions. Burleigh’s initiative was sealed by singers like Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson. But William Levi Dawson’s oracular Negro Folk Symphony, though triumphantly premiered by Leopold Stokowski and his Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934, gathered dust – and Dawson was never to create the symphonic catalogue he seemed destined to undertake. Our commentators here include George Shirley, the most legendary name in present-day Black classical music, also Kevin Deas, who sings Burleigh with singular authority, and the conductors Roderick Cox and the late Michael Morgan. – J.H.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic:\u003cbr\u003eHarry Burleigh\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Levi Dawson\u003cbr\u003eFlorence Price\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Grant Still\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewith\u003cbr\u003eKevin Deas\u003cbr\u003eArthur Fagan\u003cbr\u003eJames Jeter\u003cbr\u003eRoderick Cox\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Horowitz\u003cbr\u003eMichael Morgan\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Shirley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicture format: NTSC 16:9\u003cbr\u003eSound format: PCM Stereo\u003cbr\u003eRegion code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003eAudio language: English\u003cbr\u003eRunning time: 78 mins\u003cbr\u003eNo. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NAXOS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49991906263290,"sku":"2110700","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/2.110700.jpg?v=1786400568","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/v3-dvo-ak-s-prophecy","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}