Antonin Dvorak
From the New World
Themes to Remember, Vol. 4
by Marjorie Kiel Persons
Antonin Dvorák From the New World with Lyrics is an 80 page, fully illustrated, hardcover book with CD. This book and CD have lyrics for each of the 12 main themes in Dvorák's From the New World Symphony.
Sample titles for the themes are: - Play for the People
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"Come, my Anton,
Play for the people,
A little tune for feet to dance,
A little song to sing.
Play your fiddle,
Play for the people..."
- With the Gypsies I Want to Stay,
- Music Calls Me,
- Movement No. 2-1
(The most familiar theme)
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"Antonin Dvorak,
Czech Bohemian
New World guest
Gave his best,
New World Symphony.
Take me home,
Take me back.
Friends are calling me..."
I Miss You So My Country, - Welcome to Spillville,
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"Welcome to Spillville, New Bohemia,
Welcome to Spillville, New Bohemia
Where the simple folk laugh and joke,
Ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..."
- Chief Big Moon Powwow,
- and How I Love The Woods.
The book tells the story of Dvorák’s life in both prose and lyrics, and includes reproducibles plus a listening guide for the orchestrated recording on the CD. The CD contains, in addition to tracks of the themes with and without lyrics, a fully orchestrated recording of the Symphony (without lyrics).