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Antonín Leopold Dvořák (/ d (ə) ˈ v ɔːr ʒ ɑː k,-ʒ æ k / d(ə-)VOR-zha(h)k; Czech: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈlɛopold ˈdvor̝aːk] ⓘ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia , following the Romantic-era nationalist example of ...
Antonín Dvořák (right) with friends and family in New York in 1893, four years before he composed A Hero's Song. A Hero's Song was Dvořák's last orchestral work and the final of his five symphonic poems, the others being The Water Goblin, The Noon Witch, The Golden Spinning Wheel, and The Wild Dove (Opp. 107–110). [3]
King and Charcoal Burner (Czech: Král a uhlíř; sometimes translated as "King and Collier" [1]), Op. 14 (B. 21, revised under B. 151), is a Czech comic opera in three acts, divided into 23 scenes, with music by Antonín Dvořák.
Rusalka (pronounced ⓘ), Op. 114, is an opera ('lyric fairy tale') by Antonín Dvořák. His ninth opera (1900–1901), [1] it became his most successful, frequenting the standard repertoire worldwide. Jaroslav Kvapil wrote the libretto [2] on Karel Jaromír Erben's and Božena Němcová's fairy tales.
Antonín Dvořák composed his oratorio Saint Ludmila (Czech: Svatá Ludmila (cs ⓘ) for soloists, choir and orchestra, between September 1885 and May 1886. The oratorio (Op. 71, B. 144) was written to a text by the leading Czech poet and writer Jaroslav Vrchlický. Saint Ludmila is Dvořák's third oratorio, and is considered one of his ...
The title page of the first series of Slavonic Dances with Dvořák's dedication to Mr. Wassman. The Slavonic Dances (Czech: Slovanské tance) are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Op. 46 and Op. 72 respectively.
The American Suite in A major (Czech: Suita A dur), Op. 98b, B. 190, is an orchestral suite written in 1894–1895 by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Background [ edit ]
The title page of Moravian Duets by Antonín Dvořák, published in 1878 by Fritz Simrock. Moravian Duets (in Czech: Moravské dvojzpěvy) by Antonín Dvořák is a cycle of 23 Moravian folk poetry settings for two voices with piano accompaniment, composed between 1875 and 1881. The Duets, published in three volumes, Op. 20 (B. 50), Op. 32 (B ...