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Dvořák's birthplace in Nelahozeves Antonín Dvořák birth record 1841 (SOA Prague). Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves near Prague, in the Austrian Empire, and was the eldest son of František Dvořák [] (1814–94) and his wife, Anna, née Zdeňková [] (1820–82). [6]
Antonín Dvořák composed over 200 works, most of which have survived. They include nine symphonies, ten operas, four concertos and numerous vocal, chamber and keyboard works.
B. Op. Date Czech title (original title) English title Scoring Remarks / recordings 1 – 1854: Polka pomněnka C dur: Forget-me-not Polka in C major: Piano: 2 – 1857-58
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"), also known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895.
Humoresques (Czech: Humoresky), Op. 101 (B. 187), is a piano cycle by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, written during the summer of 1894.Music critic David Hurwitz says "the seventh Humoresque is probably the most famous small piano work ever written after Beethoven's Für Elise."
Page from Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33. The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33, is the only piano concerto by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
The piece is scored for a full romantic orchestra (with the exception of a fourth horn), containing two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, three horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle (last movement only), and strings, and is in the standard three-movement concerto format:
Antonín Dvořák composed his Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112, in 1880. It was premiered on 25 March 1881. It was originally published as Symphony No. 1 and is dedicated to Hans Richter, who was the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.