What instruments did dvořák play
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Biography
Shortly after finishing school, young Antonín was sent by his father to the nearby town of Zlonice, where their relatives lived. Thus, in 1853, at the age of twelve, Dvořák found himself under the supervision of Zlonice teacher and multi-instrumentalist Antonín Liehmann. Liehmann, an excellent musician in the vicinity, soon recognised an exceptional talent in young Dvořák and so he began to instruct him in the basics of harmony and playing organ, violin, and piano; later he also allowed Dvořák to play at Mass. It was during this time that Dvořák wrote his first compositions, short polkas. Since he invested much more of his time learning music than anything else, he began to fall behind with his German, a subject that would be essential to him as a future tradesman. So his father decided to send him to Česká Kamenice (Böhmisch Kamnitz), the majority of whose inhabitants spoke German, to spend a year living in a German-speaking family. Here Dvořák not only improved his German, but he also continued his music after making the acquaintance of the local regenschori, Franz Ha
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Dvořák: Biography, compositions and more facts about the composer
Czech composer Antonin Dvořák, famous for his Symphony No.9 'From the New World', was passionate about his homeland and its traditional music. Find out more about him with our interesting facts.
1. When is Dvořák's birthday?
Born on 8 September 1841 in a small village north of Prague, Antonin Leopold Dvořák was the eldest of 14 children. His father was a professional zither player, an innkeeper and a butcher. Folk music accompanied every family occasion, and young Antonin soon joined his father in the local band – and served as an apprentice butcher. (Picture: Dvořák’s birthplace at Nelahozeves)
2. How do you pronounce Dvořák's name?
Dvořák's name is pronounced 'Devor-jacques'.
3. Dvořák's education
The youthful Dvořák studied organ, violin, piano and - less successfully - the German language. He played viola in the Bohemian Provisional Theatre Orchestra, performing in restaurants and at balls. In 1871, he resigned from the orchestra to concentrate on compos
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Antonín Dvořák
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Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechcomposer. Along with Smetana and Janáček, Dvorak is one of three famous composers who wrote nationalist Czech music. He wrote chamber music including several string quartets, piano music, songs, operas, oratorios and nine symphonies. The last of his symphonies is known as the New World Symphony because he wrote it in the United States (the “New World”). The slow movement with its solo played on the cor anglais is especially famous.
Life
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[change | change source]Dvořák was born in a village near Prague, Czechoslovakia (Today Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic) but in those days it was part of the Austrian Empire until 1867 after the Austro-Prussian War Of 1866 when it became Austria-Hungary . His father was a butcher and innkeeper. He also played the zither and composed a few simple dances.
The young Antonín started to have violin lessons from the village schoolma
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