Dvořák

American  

[dvawr-zhahk, -zhak, dvaw-rzhahk] / ˈdvɔr ʒɑk, -ʒæk, ˈdvɔ rʒɑk /

noun

1. Antonín 1841–1904, Czech composer.

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Dvořák British  

/ ˈdvɔrʒaːk, ˈdvɔːʒæk /

noun

1. Antonín (ˈantɔnjiːn), known as Anton Dvořák. 1841–1904, Czech composer, much of whose work reflects the influence of folk music. His best-known work is the Symphony No. 9 From the New World (1893)

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Example Sentences

It proved a largely lyrical piece with echoes of Dvořák in the second of its four movements and urgency in the final two.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other gifts include Bruckner’s Fourth and Eighth Symphonies, Schubert’s “Great” C major, Dvořák’s “New World” and Sibelius’s Fifth—a work in which Karajan remains sovereign.

From The Wall Street Journal

This sentimental and self-indulgent social-dance affair to musical selections from Antonín Dvořák, Patsy Cline, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Donna Summer goes nowhere, repeatedly.

From The Wall Street Journal

A recent recording of Antonín Dvořák’s “New World” symphony and Aaron Copeland’s “Billy the Kid” is as fine a treatment of these works as any I’ve heard.

From The Wall Street Journal

Phil for “Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.”

From Los Angeles Times