Dvořák
Americannoun
noun
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Though he did not expatriate here, Dvořák lived in New York from 1892 through 1895, when he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
And by the fourth day, the Dvořák just rocked.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022
Few symphony orchestras venture far into a season without summoning a soloist to execute the majestic opening arpeggios of Beethoven’s “Emperor,” the throat-clearing double-stops of the Dvořák Cello Concerto, or some other familiar bold gesture.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
Even pieces that, today, are typically curtain-raisers or encores— Rossini Overtures, the Dvořák “Slavonic Dances”—have an uncommon intensity that makes them sound like major statements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 22, 2018
In the Smetana quartet the viola plays a most important part, and Dvořák, who himself played viola, emphasized the instrument in his quartets.
From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman
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