Music and Literacy

Tutor Tip:

Play Dvorak's New World Symphony for your student, and give the history surrounding the music in the US from 1892-1895. Then, after listening to it have the student write about what their impression is, of the work, as they listen.

Did you know?
Dvořák was interested in the Native American Music and African-American spirituals he heard in America. He spoke of this when he arrived in America:

"I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on what are called Negro melodies. These can be the foundation of a serious and original school of composition, to be developed in the United States. These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are the folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them.

I found that the music of the negroes and of the Indians was practically identical, and that the music of the two races bore a remarkable similarity to the music of Scotland."
Wikipedia

TLP STAT: Over 40% of our students are African American. Approximately 2% are Native American.