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Joseph Horowitz


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in New York City, New York, The United States
February 12, 1948

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Joseph Horowitz is an American cultural historian whose seven books mainly deal with the institutional history of classical music in the United States. As a producer of concerts, he has played a pioneering role in promoting thematic programming and new concert formats.

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Happy Hundredth Birthday to Gunther Schuller (1925-2015)

On November 22, Gunther Schuller would have been 100 years old. It was my pleasure to contribute an encomium to the new Gunther Schuller Festschrift:

I am privileged to have known three sui generis American musicians of Gunther Schuller’s generation. All three both composed and performed. It was always my opinion, my frustration, that they were not sufficiently esteemed and utilized. They coul

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Artists in Exile: How Refug...

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The Marriage: The Mahlers i...

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The Ivory Trade: Music and ...

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Understanding Toscanini: A ...

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Wagner Nights: An American ...

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“In fact, I believe that Americans in general are losing touch with the past, with our history and cultural inheritance. We live in an age of instant gratification. We no longer know our forebears. This is one reason we feel so fractured today. Dvořák was bent on excavating roots. This exercise has never seemed more timely.”
Joseph Horowitz, Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music

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