Antonin Dvorák

III Introduction to Concerto for Cello. Smetana (1824 -1884) and Dvorak (1841—1904) are the founders of national Czech music as a sdiool ill the 19th century. Both had a profound liking for the opera as the most characteristic form of the romantic national style. Smetana created vigorous and...

Dvorak's Symphony No 8 in G major, Op.88 On August 10th, 1889, Dvorak wrote to his friend Alois Gobi that his bead was full of ideas: " If only one could write them down straight away! But there—I must go slowly, only keep pace with my hand, and may God give the rest. I now have three...