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Antonin Dvorak

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANTONIN DVORAK

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ANTONIN DVORAK WAS BORN

SEPTEMBER 8 1841

ANTONIN DVORAK

Was a Czech composer
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DIED

MAY, 1, 1904
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ANTONIN DVORAK

Frequently employed features of the folk musics of Moravia and his native Bohemia.

ANTONIN DVORAK

Graduated in an organ school
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ANTONIN

Started composing his work at the age of 20
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ANTONIN

PLAYED AS A VIOLIST IN THE BOHEMIAN PROVISIONAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA

ANTONIN

ALSO TAUGHT PIANO LESSONS
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In 1873, he married Anna Čermáková

And left the orchestra to pursue another career as a church organist
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DVOŘÁK WAS APPOINTED AS A PROFESSOR AT THE PRAGUE

CONSERVATORY IN 1891
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IN 1892, DVOŘÁK MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES AND BECAME THE DIRECTOR

Of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York City
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AMONG DVOŘÁK'S BEST KNOWN WORKS ARE HIS NEW WORLD SYMPHONY,

THE "AMERICAN" STRING QUARTET, THE OPERA RUSALKA AND HIS CELLO CONCERTO IN B-
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IN HIS SYMPHONIES HE USED A

FULL ORCHESTRA
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A FULL ORCHESTRA

INCLUDED

STRING

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BRASS

PERCUSSION

WOODWIND

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From 1895 until his death,

He composed mainly operatic and chamber music
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