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Josef Škvorecký wrote Dvorak in Love about his life in America as Director of the National Conservatory for Music. Asteroid 2055 Dvořák, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek, is named in his honor. [171] Dvorak (Anton) Park in Chicago's Pilsen Historic District is also named after the composer. [172]
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."
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.
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.
Symphony No. 7, antonin-dvorak.cz; About the Composition, Symphony No 7 in D minor, from the Kennedy Center; Symphony No. 7: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project; The original (longer) 2nd movement of 1885 can be heard here; Conductor score and parts on espace-midi.com, free scores engraved with LilyPond
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.