What symphony did the composer whose visit to Iowa inspired Summer Song compose in 1893?
Summer Song (musical) Summer Song is a 1956 musical based on the visit of the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak to Iowa where he wrote his symphony "From the New World". The lyrics were written by Eric Maschwitz and book by Hy Kraft to music by Dvorak arranged by Bernard Grun. Maschwitz had already worked with Grun on the Chopin musical "Waltz Without End" in 1942.
Charles Sanford Skilton Charles Sanford Skilton (August 16, 1868 – March 12, 1941) was an American composer, teacher and musicologist. Along with Charles Wakefield Cadman, Blair Fairchild, Arthur Nevin, and Arthur Farwell, among others, he was one of the leading Indianist composers of the early twentieth century.