Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out what's great about a culture. That's exactly what Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was when he came to the U.S. At the end of the 19th century. He was an ...
A series of pianissimo chords hung tremulously in the air of the Cowles Center in Minneapolis on Thursday night. The familiar theme of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony "From the New World" was sung as the ...
This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Sometimes it takes an ...
As a budding young composer, Antonin Dvorak wrote a series of love songs for a pretty young girl he knew. He called them Cypresses. Later in life Dvorak arranged them for string quartet. The ...
Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak’s concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass.” By Joshua Barone Harry T. Burleigh, who transformed Black ...