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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]
Dvořák initially wrote the Suite in A major for piano, Op. 98, B. 184, in New York between February 19 and March 1, 1894. [1] He orchestrated it in two parts more than a year after his return to the United States and immediately before his departure for Europe.
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 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 over 200 works, most of which have survived. They include nine symphonies, ten operas, four concertos and numerous vocal, chamber and keyboard works.
Stained glass of Alfred the Great, the subject of the opera. Alfred (B. 16) is a heroic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.It was Dvořák's first opera and the only one he composed to a German text.
Dvořák composed the quartet in 1893 during a summer vacation from his position as director (1892–1895) of the National Conservatory in New York City. He spent his vacation in the town of Spillville, Iowa, which was home to a Czech immigrant community.
Title page of the first edition of A Hero's Song, published in 1899. A Hero's Song (Czech: Píseň bohatýrská), Op. 111, B. 199, also called Heroic Song for Orchestra, [1] is a symphonic poem for orchestra composed by Antonín Dvořák between August 4 and October 25, 1897.