Antonín Dvořák
(Antonin Dvorak)
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves, a village north of Prague in the
Austrian Empire, on September 8, 1841, and is best known for his Symphony No. 9
, "From the New World", and other works that make him one of the greatest
composers of the Romantic period. The son of a butcher and innkeeper, and the
eldest of nine siblings, he was destined to succeed his father, but his taste
for music decided otherwise. He learns the violin at school and proves talented
enough to play in the local brass band and church. Sent to his uncle in Zlonice
to learn German, he assiduously too...
