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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Episode 4: America

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

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Episode 4: America

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BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), America

Donald Macleod introduces works written during Dvorak's time in America.

Donald Macleod introduces some of the works Dvorák wrote during his stay in America including two which famously attracted nicknames associated with his temporary home.

In 1892 Dvorák embarked on a trip to the USA where he?d been appointed Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. He was asked to undertake the formidable task of helping found a national identity for American music and became fascinated by the indigenous melodies of its diverse peoples. Donald Macleod introduces a string quartet written during his summer holiday in the little Bohemian settlement at Spillville in the American mid-west, plus the best known of all his symphonies, named after his temporary home.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Antonin Dvorak

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