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Antonin Leopold Dvorak - biography & summary of his work
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ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVORAK Born: Muhlhausen, Sept. 8, 1841 Died: Prague, May 1, 1904 Occupation: violist, organist Nationality: Czech Born in a Bohemian village about fifty miles north of Prague, Dvorák was the son of the local butcher and innkeeper. He learned to play the violin as a small boy and was a chorister in the local church. When he reached the age of twelve he was sent to the neighbouring village of Zlonice to learn German and to study piano, viola, organ and harmony under Antonin Liehmann. In 1857, when he was only sixteen, Dvorák went to Prague to study at the organ school there. While there he give in to the magic of Wagner and Smetana. He spent most of the 1860's as an orchestral player, first in a small band and then in the Czech National Opera Orchestra, conducted by Bedrich Smetana. All during this time he composed furiously but did not...
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