Born: 8 September 1841 · Died: 1 May 1904 · Age: 62
Czech composer who drew on folk music in his Slavonic Dances and wrote the New World Symphony while living in America
Did you know?Before finding success in music, he spent several years working in his father's butcher's shop while training as a professional violist.
Quick facts
Date of birth8 September 1841
Date of death1 May 1904
Age at death62
Cause of deathStroke
NationalityCzech
BirthplaceNelahozeves, Czech Republic
Occupationclassical composer, organist, professor
Editor's Take:
Antonín Dvořák brought the folk music of Bohemia into the concert hall. The son of a butcher and innkeeper, he played viola in orchestras before his music was noticed. Brahms championed him and helped him find a publisher. His Slavonic Dances made him famous across Europe. In 1892 he moved to New York to run a music conservatory. There he wrote his Symphony No. 9, From the New World, inspired by American landscapes and spirituals. He also loved trains and pigeons.
Key Milestones
1878: Slavonic Dances bring him international fame
1884: Conducts his music in London on the first of many visits
1892: Becomes director of the National Conservatory in New York
1893: Premieres the New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall
1901: His opera Rusalka premieres in Prague
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana.
Antonín Dvořák's birthday is September 8. He was born on September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves, Czech Republic.
How old was Antonín Dvořák when he died?
Antonín Dvořák died on May 1, 1904, aged 62.
Who shares a birthday with Antonín Dvořák?
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