Antonín Dvořák: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies and discussions of his compositions may be found in Otakar Šourek, Antonín Dvořák: His Life and Works (1952); Alec Robertson, Dvořák (1945, reissued with revisions, 1974), informative and scholarly; John Clapham, Antonín Dvořák: Musician and Craftsman (1966), an admirable and erudite study of the composer’s working methods, and Dvořák (1979), a biography; Gervase Hughes, Dvořák: His Life and Music (1967), which discusses Dvořák’s compositions within a biographical framework and in relation to his sociological background; Václav Holzknecht, Antonín Dvořák, 2nd ed. (1971); Robert Layton, Dvořák Symphonies and Concertos (1978); and Hans-Hubert Schönzeler, Dvorak (1984).

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  • David Mathias Lloyd-Jones
    Musicologist and conductor; specialist in Slavic music. Founder and Artistic Director, Opera North, Leeds, England, 1978–90.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Music of Antonín Dvořák. Oct 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Music of Antonín Dvořák. Oct 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 04, 2026
Add new Web site: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Antonín Dvořák. Aug 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 27, 2026
Add new Web site: English National Opera - Antonín Dvořák. Mar 18, 2026
Add new Web site: Carnegie Hall - A Guide to Dvořák’s Essential Works. Oct 17, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Mahler Foundation - Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Jan 03, 2025
Add new Web site: MNOpera - Anton�n Dvoř�k. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Bohemian Rhapsodist: Anton�n Dvoř�k�s P�seň bohat�rsk� and the Historiography of Czech Music (PDF). Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Dvoř�k: where to start with his music. Jun 07, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 28, 2024
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Anton�n Dvoř�k. Feb 22, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC TEACH - KS2: Anton�n Dvoř�k - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World� � Largo (2nd mvt). Dec 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Hampsong Foundation - Anton�n Dvoř�k and the Songs of His Time. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Music of Antonín Dvořák. Mar 11, 2023
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Antonin Dvor�k. Jan 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Dvorak American Heritage Association. Dec 19, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Composers - Antonin Dvorak. Mar 25, 2022
Add new Web site: San Francisco Classical Voice - Antonin Dvoř�k. Mar 25, 2022
Media added. May 24, 2018
Deleted duplicate media. Aug 18, 2016
Added information about Dvorak's family life. Jan 16, 2015
Media added. Jan 16, 2015
Add new Web site: Making Music Fun! - Biography of Antonin Dvorak. Jun 10, 2014
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Music - Biography of Antonin Dvorak. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Anton�n Leopold Dvoř�k. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Anton�n Dvoř�k. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Anton�n Dvor�k. Mar 03, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Antonin Dvor�k. Jan 17, 2013
Add new Web site: Classical Net - Biography of Anton�n Dvoř�k. Jan 17, 2013
Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Biography of Antonin Dvorak. Jan 17, 2013
Add new Web site: DSO Kids - Biography of Antonin Dvorak. Jan 17, 2013
Media added. Oct 29, 2012
Added new Web site: The Classical Music Pages - Biography of Antonin Dvorak. Aug 24, 2007
Article revised and updated. Jun 27, 2007
Article revised. May 10, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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