Authors
Antonín Dvořák
1841 – 1904
Antonín Dvořák was a Czech composer whose music blended classical European traditions with the folk melodies of his homeland, Bohemia. He spent several years in the United States directing a New York conservatory that unusually admitted Black and female students; there he studied African American spirituals with his student Harry Burleigh and argued they could form the foundation of a great American music, inspiration that shaped his famous New World Symphony. He is remembered as one of the greatest composers to bring national folk traditions into classical music.
Quotes
“The music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds.”
“Nothing must be too low or too insignificant for the musician.”
“Our mission as teachers is to show the right way to those who come after us.”
“Modern taste calls for music that is concise, condensed, and pithy.”