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antonÍn dvoŘÁk: his life, his music, his legacy By David R. Beveridge During the last years of his life the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) was considered by many throughout the Western world to be the greatest of all living composers.
Antonín Dvořák was born here on 8 September 1841 to Anna and František Dvořák, as the first of nine children. The family ran a business in house number 12, a cottage that had an inn on the ground floor. A fire broke out here in the summer of 1842 and the future composer was rescued by his father who carried him out to safety.
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia into classical music. Dvořák's most well known work is his Symphony No.9, 'From the New World'.
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor. One of the themes from Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New World) (1893; best known as The New World Symphony), played on the English horn. (more) Dvořák’s technical fluency and abundant melodic inspiration helped him to create a large and varied output.
The world premiere of one of the most beloved works in the classical canon took place barely 18 months after the official opening of Carnegie Hall, when the New York Philharmonic performed Dvořák's Ninth Symphony.
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Antonín Dvořák . Antonín Dvořák, (born Sept. 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohemia, Austrian Empire—died May 1, 1904, Prague), Bohemian (Czech) composer. Son of a rural innkeeper and butcher, he was permitted to attend organ school in Prague in 1857.
About. The website www.antonin-dvorak.cz is a non-commercial, non-profit project. Its purpose is to concentrate in one place of the Internet space a complex set of information about the work and life of Antonín Dvořák in both Czech and English language versions.
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