Joseph Horowitz

Joseph Horowitz’s books include The Propaganda of Freedom, about the cultural Cold War, and “On My Way,” about the little-known gestation of Porgy and Bess. His NPR documentary about the University of Michigan South Africa tour may be found at www.josephhorowitz.com.

Black-and-white photo of composer William Levi Dawson

New World Prophecy

Dvořák once predicted that American classical music would be rooted in the black vernacular. Why, then, has the field remained so white?

By Joseph Horowitz | Friday September 13, 2019

Lessons in the Diplomatic Arts

By Joseph Horowitz | Thursday July 3, 2025

Song for the Earth

By Joseph Horowitz | Monday March 31, 2025

The Baritone as Democrat

By Joseph Horowitz | Thursday November 21, 2024

Anchoring Shards of Memory

By Joseph Horowitz | Monday September 9, 2024

Consummated in Exile

By Joseph Horowitz | Friday June 14, 2024

Ripeness Is All

By Joseph Horowitz | Thursday April 11, 2024

The Homesick Composer

By Joseph Horowitz | Friday January 26, 2024

Shostakovich in South Dakota

By Joseph Horowitz | Thursday September 7, 2023

Our Revels Now Are Ended

By Joseph Horowitz | Monday December 7, 2020

Porgy and Bess at the Met

By Joseph Horowitz | Wednesday October 9, 2019

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