Birth of Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák was born on 8 September 1841 in Nelahozeves. A Czech composer from a small village near Prague, Dvořák built an international reputation by blending the melodies and rhythms of Bohemian and Moravian folk music with the classical tradition. Johannes Brahms helped promote his early career. His best-known works include the Slavonic Dances, the opera Rusalka and the Cello Concerto in B minor. From 1892 to 1895 he directed the National Conservatory in New York, where he wrote the Symphony No. 9, From the New World, and the American Quartet, works inspired in part by what he heard of American music. He returned to Bohemia and spent his final years in Prague.

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