Antonin Dvorak

Springing from the rich cultural tradition of his native Bohemia Dvoraks music transcended national constraints and made him an int composer

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Born 8.9.1841 in Bohemia 1862 principal viola of Prov. Theatre Orchestra 1865 starts composing 1877 European fame 1883 London dies 1.5.1904.

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Accepted a post in the Prague Conservatory as Professor of Composition and Instrumentation in 1891. Went to New York 1892 returned home 1895

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1874 firmly established as a composer he applied for an Austrian State grant for artists. He was awarded 400 gulden in 1875 a huge sum then.

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