Book Review

New Worlds of Dvorák: Searching in America for the Composer’s Inner Life. By Michael B. Beckerman. New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. ISBN 0-393-04706-7 (cloth). Pp. xxiii, 272. $29.95.

In his latest book, Michael B. Beckerman, professor of music at New York University and a specialist in Czech music, has largely elaborated on a chapter he published in an earlier book, Dvorák and His World (1993), which he edited. The connection between the two books is indicated in the title, which has a fourfold meaning: America, the symphony, a new experience for the composer, and a new book by Beckerman. This is a good foretelling of his felicitous style—conversational and lucid with touches of humor.