Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
24863
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
158
Points per Page
0.025316
Description
This book presents an account of Czech composer Antonín Dvorák's visit to America in the 1890s and discusses how he took the essences of Indian drums, slave spirituals, and other musical forms to create a distinct new music.