Introduction

Biography

Antonín was the son of Fran­ti­šek Dvoř­ák and An­na Zdeň­ko­vá.

One of the first Czech com­pos­ers to achieve world­wide re­cog­ni­tion, he was known for us­ing the rhythms and oth­er as­pects of Mo­ra­vian and Bo­he­mian folk mu­sic.

He di­rect­ed the Na­tion­al Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic of Am­er­ica, 1892–95.

Works

• Stabat Ma­ter, 1880
• Rusalka, an opera, 1901
• New World Sym­phony No. 9, 1893
• Humoresques, a pi­ano cycle, 1894