Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves, Bohemia,
Austria on September 8, 1841. He was one of seven children. Antonin's parents
recognized his musical talent, and at the age of six he began his musical training.
He studied music in Prague and graduated as an accomplished violin and viola
player before he was 20 years old.
As a young adult Antonin played viola in the Bohemian
Provisional Theater Orchestra. When it became necessary to supplement his income
with a teaching job, he left the orchestra to allow himself time to compose.
While teaching, he fell in love with one of his students. In an attempt to win
her heart, he wrote a song cycle called, Cypress Trees.
In 1875 Dvorak composed his second string quintet. A
performance of this work attracted the attention of German composer Johannes
Brahms. Brahms contacted a music publisher in Vienna who commissioned Dvorak to
write his first set of Slavonic Dances. This work was published in 1878 and
became an immediate success.
In 1892 Dvorak moved to America to accept a position as
head of the National Conservatory of Music. While in America he wrote his
Symphony No. 9 "New World Symphony". The New York Philharmonic's
premiere performance created a sensation at Carnegie Hall in 1893.
Antonin Dvorak died in Prague, Czechloslovakia on May 1,
1904. His most successful works include Carnival Overture, Humoresque in Eb
Minor, Slavonic Dance in E Minor, and his Symphony No. 9 "New World
Symphony".
Some of his symphony music cues were used in the 1975
Euro-western “Montana Trap”.
DVORAK, Anton (Anton
Leopold Dvořák) [9/8/1841,
Nelahozeves, Bohemia, Austria – 5/1/1904, Prague, Bohemia, Austria
(arteriosclerosis)] – composer, musician (violin, viola), married to Anna
Cermakova [1854-1931] (1873-1904) father of Josefa Dvořáková [1875-1875],
Růžena Dvořáková [1876-1877], Otilie Dvořáková [1878-1905], Anna Dvořák
[1880-1923], Antonín Dvořák [1883-1956], Otakar Dvořák [1885-1961], Aloisie
Fialová Dvořák [1888-1967].
Montana Trap – 1975 (co)
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