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The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"), also known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895.
Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 3 horns, cello and double bass 78: 46: 1878: Slovanské tance 1. řada: Slavonic Dances, Series I: piano 4-hands: 8 pieces; orchestrated in 1878, B. 83; no. 2 arranged for violin and piano in 1891, B. 170; nos. 3 and 8 arranged for cello and piano in 1891 ...
Serenade for wind instruments, cello and double bass in D minor (Czech: Serenáda pro dechové nástroje d moll), Op. 44, B. 77, is a chamber composition by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. The work is dedicated to the music critic and composer Louis Ehlert who praised the Slavonic Dances highly in the German press.
The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33 was the first of three concerti (for solo instrument and orchestra) that Dvořák composed, but is perhaps the least known of the three. The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53 was written in 1878 for Joseph Joachim , a prominent violinist whom Dvořák had met and admired.
Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments, B. 77 (1878) Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium or piano, B. 79 (1878) String Sextet in A major, B. 80 (1878) Terzetto in C for two violins and viola, B. 148 (1887) Drobnosti for two violins and viola, B. 149 (1887) Gavotte in G minor for three violins, B. 164 (1890)
The Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163, is a symphony by Antonín Dvořák, composed in 1889 at Vysoká u Příbramě, Bohemia, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts.
Humoresques (Czech: Humoresky), Op. 101 (B. 187), is a piano cycle by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, written during the summer of 1894.Music critic David Hurwitz says "the seventh Humoresque is probably the most famous small piano work ever written after Beethoven's Für Elise."
Hanuš Wihan, among others, had asked for a cello concerto for quite some time, but Dvořák always refused, stating that the cello was a fine orchestral instrument but totally insufficient for a solo concerto. According to Josef Michl, Dvořák was fond of the middle register, but complained about the nasal high register and the mumbling bass.