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Josef Škvorecký wrote Dvorak in Love about his life in America as Director of the National Conservatory for Music. Asteroid 2055 Dvořák, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek, is named in his honor. [171] Dvorak (Anton) Park in Chicago's Pilsen Historic District is also named after the composer. [172]
The modern Dvorak layout (U.S.) Dvorak / ˈ d v ɔːr æ k / ⓘ [1] is a keyboard layout for English patented in 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, as a faster and more ergonomic alternative to the QWERTY layout (the de facto standard keyboard layout).
Prior to the publication of the Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Dvořák was a relatively unknown composer and was of modest means.Consequently, he had applied for the Austrian State Prize fellowship (German "Stipendium") in order to fund his composing work.
Page on the 1st setting of King and Charcoal Burner (King and Collier), from the Antonín Dvořák website www.antonin-dvorak.cz; Page on the 2nd setting of King and Charcoal Burner (King and Collier), from the Antonín Dvořák website www.antonin-dvorak.cz; Supraphon page on CD SU 3078-2, recording of Král a uhlíř
B. Op. Date Czech title (original title) English title Scoring Remarks / recordings 1 – 1854: Polka pomněnka C dur: Forget-me-not Polka in C major: Piano: 2 – 1857-58
The Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166, (also called the Dumky trio from the subtitle Dumky) is a composition by Antonín Dvořák for piano, violin and cello.It is among the composer's best-known works.
The Wild Dove (also known as The Wood Dove; Czech: Holoubek), Op. 110, B. 198 (1896), is the fourth orchestral poem composed by the Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák. ...
Rusalka (pronounced ⓘ), Op. 114, is an opera ('lyric fairy tale') by Antonín Dvořák.His ninth opera (1900–1901), [1] it became his most successful, frequenting the standard repertoire worldwide.