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

She was asked by Dudamel to play the Dvořák concerto in Caracas.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Born in Prague in 1894, Schulhoff was an early talent, impressing the legendary Czech composer Dvořák as a child.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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

Transcriptions are wrong, theoretically; yet some songs, like Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Song of India' and some piano pieces, like the Dvořák Humoresque, are so obviously effective on the violin that a transcription justifies itself.

From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman