Dvořák

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Haus Publishing, 2004 - 165 páginas
First biography of famous Czech composer in more than a decade. Author sets the scene for Dvorak "American" music, composed after his return from the US, the context of his most famous work, the Ninth Symphony From the New World
 

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The Creators of Czech National Music
1
Storm and Stress 18591873
19
Brahms and the Slavonic Period 18771884
41
Triumph in England 18841889
57
In the New World 18921895
79
The Final Years 18951904
93
His Oeuvre and his Standing
113
Notes
128
Bibliography
152
Note on the Czech Language 166
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Sobre el autor (2004)

Kurt Honolka, musical author and critic, worked for the Stuttgarter Nachrichten. As a translator and reviser of operas, songs and choral works, particularly by Smetana, Janacek and Dvorak, he was a committed spokesman for classical and contemporary Czech music.

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