In honor of the birthday of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), here is the first movement of his Serenade for Strings, in a performance by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
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September 8, 2022
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Happy birthday, Antonín
September 8, 2021Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) was an obscure Czech musician and composer until the publication in 1878 of his first set of Slavonic Dances set him on the road to success and international fame. The Slavonic Dances, written for piano four hands and later orchestrated by the composer, exemplify the 19th century movement that came to be known as musical nationalism. Like Frédéric Chopin in France, Edvard Grieg in Norway, Enrique Granados in Spain, Jean Sibelius in Finland, and Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály in Hungary, Dvořák created music that captured the spirit of his homeland by employing musical styles, motifs, harmonies, and rhythms specific to the region. Here is the seventh of the Slavonic Dances in its orchestral version.
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Happy birthday, Antonín
September 8, 2019In honor of the birthday of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), here are Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, and the Boston Symphony with the Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat Major.
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