Scherzo capriccioso

By Josef Škvorecký

Subjects: Fiction, general, Composers, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Composers, Europe, fiction, Fiction, biographical

Description: Chronicles Anton Dvorak's sojourn in America at the turn of the century, when he was persuaded by Jeannette Thurber to leave his native Bohemia and become director of her National Conservatory of Music.