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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonín Dvořák
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonín Dvořák
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
The fourth of Dvořák's Ten Biblical Songs, titled 'The Lord is my shepherd' and set to a well-known Psalm text from the traditional Czech translation of the Kralice Bible.
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
The fourth of Dvořák's Ten Biblical Songs, titled 'The Lord is my shepherd' and set to a well-known Psalm text from the traditional Czech translation of the Kralice Bible.
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born on 8 september 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia approximately 28km north of Prague
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born on 8 september 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia approximately 28km north of Prague
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Reflecting on this period of the composer's life, Zubatý (the Czech writer mentioned previously) wrote: Seemingly for Dvořák the Organ School was more a means of qualifying for the formal title of musician than the
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Reflecting on this period of the composer's life, Zubatý (the Czech writer mentioned previously) wrote: Seemingly for Dvořák the Organ School was more a means of qualifying for the formal title of musician than the
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Dvořák's first symphony, composed between February and March 1865, began life as a submission to a German composition competition....
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Dvořák's first symphony, composed between February and March 1865, began life as a submission to a German composition competition....
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In early 1865, Dvořák started teaching piano to the daughters of a Prague goldsmith: one of the two, Anna Čermáková would later become his wife....
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In early 1865, Dvořák started teaching piano to the daughters of a Prague goldsmith: one of the two, Anna Čermáková would later become his wife....
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Before he left the Provisional Theatre orchestra in the summer of 1871, Dvořák was the subject of an announcement in a leading local music journal.
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Before he left the Provisional Theatre orchestra in the summer of 1871, Dvořák was the subject of an announcement in a leading local music journal.
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
It seems that Dvořák's revision of the opera between 1873 and 1874 was but part of a larger stylistic renovation being undertaken by the composer at the time
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
It seems that Dvořák's revision of the opera between 1873 and 1874 was but part of a larger stylistic renovation being undertaken by the composer at the time
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In response to Dvořák's multi-composition submission for the 1877 stipendium, Brahms singled out the Moravian Duets for special praise
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In response to Dvořák's multi-composition submission for the 1877 stipendium, Brahms singled out the Moravian Duets for special praise
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
While this style of music might be regarded, somewhat cynically, as a kind of opportunistic 'tourist nationalism' (to quote a recent historian) listeners in Dvořák's time thought the very opposite, describing the da
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
While this style of music might be regarded, somewhat cynically, as a kind of opportunistic 'tourist nationalism' (to quote a recent historian) listeners in Dvořák's time thought the very opposite, describing the da
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In August 1883, Dvořák received a prestigious invitation: the London Philharmonic Society requested his presence as conductor (of his own orchestral works) in their forthcoming concert season.
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In August 1883, Dvořák received a prestigious invitation: the London Philharmonic Society requested his presence as conductor (of his own orchestral works) in their forthcoming concert season.
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Dvořák left Prague for London on 5 March 1884: eight days later he was conducting the Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert Hall.
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Dvořák left Prague for London on 5 March 1884: eight days later he was conducting the Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert Hall.
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In 1891, the same year Dvořák completed the 'Dumky' Trio, he took up the position of professor of composition and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory.
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
In 1891, the same year Dvořák completed the 'Dumky' Trio, he took up the position of professor of composition and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory.
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
The premiere of the Te Deum within the celebratory concert, which took place on 21 October 1892 at New York's Carnegie Hall, was preceded by a concert address by the American musical patron Thomas Wentworth Higginso
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
The premiere of the Te Deum within the celebratory concert, which took place on 21 October 1892 at New York's Carnegie Hall, was preceded by a concert address by the American musical patron Thomas Wentworth Higginso
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Following the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, Dvořák may well have looked forward to a prosperous and productive period in New York
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Following the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, Dvořák may well have looked forward to a prosperous and productive period in New York
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
The next - and, indeed, the penultimate - phase in Dvořák's compositional journey seems to have emerged from his previous interest in music's extra-musical associations: the poetic or pictorial aspect explored in pr
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
The next - and, indeed, the penultimate - phase in Dvořák's compositional journey seems to have emerged from his previous interest in music's extra-musical associations: the poetic or pictorial aspect explored in pr
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
During his final years, Dvořák became the recipient of various honours...
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
During his final years, Dvořák became the recipient of various honours...
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Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Dvořák is said to have departed the theatre early on the evening of 25 March 1904, during the premiere of Armida at the National Theatre in Prague, where the opera was being directed by Robert Polak and conducted by
Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonín Dvořák, narration with musical examples
Dvořák is said to have departed the theatre early on the evening of 25 March 1904, during the premiere of Armida at the National Theatre in Prague, where the opera was being directed by Robert Polak and conducted by
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