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Austrian conductor and composer (1878-1924)
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Dvorak: a prolific composer
Antonin Dvořák was born in Mühlhausen (near Prague, today Nelahozeves, in the Czech Republic) on September 8, 1841, the eldest of eight kids. The father, an innkeeper, was as well an amateur musician. By 5, Antonin played the violin in the family’s inn and was a member of the village’s orchestra. He soon after took lessons in organ, piano, viola, harmony and countrepoint. In 1859, Dvořák became a member of the viola section in Karel Komzak’s orchestra. To make ends meet, he gave lessons and started composing as well. (He was mostly self-taught.) He was fascinated by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt, and studied intently works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann. He was especially fond of Schubert. In 1873, he married Anna Cermakova, a 19-year-old contralto. The following year, his first full-lenght opera, King and Charcoal Burner was premiered. In 1875, he asked for a grant from the Austrian […]
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