"Anton Jörgen Andersen Anton Jørgen Andersen (Swedish:""Anton Jörgen Andersen"") (10 October 1845 – 9 September 1926) was a Norwegian composer and cellist. Anton Jørgen Andersen was born in Kristiansand. Andersen was a pupil in counterpoint by Johan Lindegren (1842-1908), Swedish music theorist and hymn-book publisher. Andersen was a cellist in the theater orchestras of Trondheim and Kristiania (now Oslo). In 1871 Andersen was employed at the Royal Court Orchestra (""Kungliga Hovkapellet"") in Stockholm. He became first cellist and violinist in the court orchestra in Stockholm (""kammarmusikus i hovkapellet"") in 1876. From 1876 to 1911, Andersen taught cello and double bass"
"cello and double bass to enhance the force of the bass line. The double bassoon part was attached ad lib, since in Dvořák's time it was not easy to obtain this unusual instrument. An excerpt from the third movement is performed by a chamber ensemble in a scene from the film ""Iron Jawed Angels"". Serenade for Wind Instruments (Dvořák) Serenade for wind instruments, cello and double bass in D minor (), Op. 44, B. 77, is a chamber composition by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. The work is dedicated to the music critic and composer Louis Ehlert who praised the"
"Serenade for Wind Instruments (Dvořák) Serenade for wind instruments, cello and double bass in D minor (), Op. 44, B. 77, is a chamber composition by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. The work is dedicated to the music critic and composer Louis Ehlert who praised the Slavonic Dances highly in the German press. It was created in 1878, shortly after the première of the opera ""The Cunning Peasant"", one of fifteen compositions he submitted for the Austrian State Stipendium award. The work was first heard on 17 November 1878 at a concert exclusively dedicated to Dvořák's works, with the orchestra"
"2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. It has three movements: A typical performance of the work lasts 38–40 minutes. Piano Concerto (Dvořák) The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33, is the only piano concerto by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Written in 1876, it was the first of three concertos that Dvořák completed, followed by the Violin Concerto, Op. 53 from 1879 and the Cello Concerto, Op. 104, written in 1894–1895. The piano concerto is probably the least known and least performed of Dvořák's concertos. As the eminent"
"piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B-flat (A, E-flat), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns (horns V and VI ad lib), 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, harp, and strings. Asrael Symphony The ""Asrael Symphony"" for large orchestra in C minor (Czech: „Asrael“, Symfonie pro velký orchestr C moll), Op. 27 (1905–1906), is a Czech symphony composed by Josef Suk. Suk wrote the work in memory of his father-in-law and teacher, Antonín Dvořák (died 1904), and his wife (Dvořák's daughter) Otilie Suková (née Dvořáková) (died 1905). Suk began to"
"a creative art-music."" For many of these composers, chamber music was the natural vehicle for expressing their national characters. Czech composer Antonín Dvořák created in his chamber music a new voice for the music of his native Bohemia. In 14 string quartets, three string quintets, two piano quartets, a string sextet, four piano trios, and numerous other chamber compositions, Dvořák incorporates folk music and modes as an integral part of his compositions. For example, in the piano quintet in A major, Op. 81, the slow movement is a Dumka, a Slavic folk ballad that alternates between a slow expressive song"
"version. The composition was dedicated to the director of Prague Conservatory, Josef Krejčí, who was Dvořák's teacher of music theory at the Prague Organ School. No actual performance has been documented before 1888, when the revised version of the work was played at a concert of the ""Umělecká beseda"" (""Arts Discussion Group"") in the Rudolfinum in Prague. The players were members of the orchestra of the National Theatre, , Jan Pelikán, Petr Mareš and Alois Neruda. The work is composed in four movements: The approximate duration is 33 minutes. The strongest pointer to Dvořák's future mastership is in the three-part"
"and became a village teacher. Later he was an organist at a lunatic asylum, the National Institute for the Mentally Ill, where he worked for 19 years. He was also a bandmaster of the Rifle Corps in Prague and a theatre conductor in Linz. He moved around frequently, staying longest at Vienna and Baden. He formed a well-respected orchestra for opera performances at the Czech Provisional Theatre. In 1862 it was permanently attached to the Theatre. Among its players were Antonín Dvořák (viola) and the composer's own son Karel Komzák II (violin). He was succeeded in this post by Bedřich"
"ten years, it has since established itself in the repertoire. 1980 film Concert at the End of Summer is based on Dvořák's life. Dvořák was played by Josef Vinklář. 2012 television film The American Letters focuses on Dvořák's love life. Dvořák is played by . Asteroid 2055 Dvořák, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek is named in his honor. Professional wrestling stable Ringkampf (Progress, Westside Xtreme Wrestling) use Dvorak's New World Symphony as their entrance music. Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide"
"""Dvorák's handling of form is indebted to Beethoven and Brahms, but he filled out the form with melodies of an unmistakably Czech flavor and a joviality few composers at the time possessed. The variations vary widely in character: some are slower and some are faster in tempo, some are soft (such as the virtuosic one for solo flute), and some are noisy; most are in the major mode, though the central one, reminiscent of a village band, is in the minor. The music is always cheerful and optimistic."" The composer conducted the orchestra of the National Theater in Prague in"
"Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. Following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana, Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák's own style has been described as ""the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them"". Dvořák displayed his musical gifts at an early age, being an apt violin student from age"
"for stringed instruments. His music has also been performed in drama, and theatrical and film music.Amongst his compositions are his Sinfonietta from 1951, the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, the Concertino for piccolo and orchestra and the Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra. He also created choral music and chamber music such as the Second Sonata for Violin and Piano and Canto for Viola and Harp. Krek's violin concerto won him his first Prešeren Award in 1949. In 1975 and 1976 he received the award for Badjurovo music. In 1988 he was appointed an honorary member of the Slovenian Philharmonic"
"of Stod, and Jan Hloubek (born 1958) of Klenčí. The most prolific maker in the recent past is Miroslav Janovec of Malonice. Notable players of the instrument include the American musician Wayne Hankin, who has used it in the recordings of Meredith Monk. Bock (bagpipe) Variants of the bock, a type of bagpipe, were played in Central Europe in what are the modern states of Austria, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. The tradition of playing the instrument endured into the 20th century, primarily in the Blata, Chodsko, and Egerland regions of Bohemia, and among the Sorbs of Saxony. The"
"Terzetto in C (Dvořák) The Terzetto in C, Op. 74 (B. 148), is a chamber work for two violins and viola by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, published in 1887. Dvořák wrote the terzetto in a few days in January 1887. Two violins and viola is an unusual combination of instruments: it was written to be played by violinists Josef Kruis and Jan Pelikán, with the composer playing viola. Josef Kruis was a chemistry student who rented a room in the same house where the Dvořák family lived; he was taking violin lessons from Jan Pelikán, who was a member"
"Terzetto in C (Dvořák) The Terzetto in C, Op. 74 (B. 148), is a chamber work for two violins and viola by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, published in 1887. Dvořák wrote the terzetto in a few days in January 1887. Two violins and viola is an unusual combination of instruments: it was written to be played by violinists Josef Kruis and Jan Pelikán, with the composer playing viola. Josef Kruis was a chemistry student who rented a room in the same house where the Dvořák family lived; he was taking violin lessons from Jan Pelikán, who was a member"
"(1824) Antonín Dvořák attempted a half-hearted revival, using the instrument in his Czech Suite (1879), in which he specifies that an English horn (cor anglais) may be used instead, but the instrument was largely abandoned until Richard Strauss took it up once more in his operas ""Elektra"" (1909), ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"", ""Daphne"", ""Die Liebe der Danae"", and ""Capriccio"", and several later works, including two wind sonatinas (Happy Workshop and Invalid's Workshop). Franz Schreker also employed the instrument in a few works including the operas ""Die Gezeichneten"" and ""Irrelohe"". Roger Sessions included a basset horn in the orchestra"
"clarinetist in this genre. In Moravian dulcimer bands, the clarinet is usually the only wind instrument among string instruments. In old-town folk music in the Republic of Macedonia (called čalgija (""чалгија"")), the clarinet has the most important role in wedding music; clarinet solos mark the high point of dancing euphoria. One of the most renowned Macedonian clarinet players is Tale Ognenovski, who gained worldwide fame for his virtuosity. In Greece, the clarinet (usually referred to as ""κλαρίνο""—""clarino"") is prominent in traditional music, especially in central, northwest and northern Greece (Thessaly, Epirus and Macedonia). The double-reed zurna was the dominant woodwind"
"has an imminently Czech nature, just as Dvořák continues along the basis of his great and fluent power, the tree of which is decorated by the ever more beautiful fruits of his creation.” On the Saturday 21 December 2013 broadcast of BBC Radio 3's CD review ""Building a Library"", music critic Jan Smaczny surveyed recordings of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6 and recommended the recording by the London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (conductor), as the best available choice. Symphony No. 6 (Dvořák) Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) composed his Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112, in 1880."
"tours and recitals. He cooperated and made many recordings with the world's best orchestras, conductors and interpreters. He won many prizes for his recordings – Grand Prix du disque for Debussy's and Janáček's sonatas, for the Dumky Trio by Dvořák with Jan Panenka and Miloš Sádlo, for the complete collection of Mozart's violin concerts with the Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Libor Hlaváček, for the Berg concert and for the concertos of Martinů. He was also a violist and he recorded the Sinfonia Concertante by Mozart, playing both parts of violin and viola. With the Czech philharmonic, conducted by Dietrich"
"and triangle. Many of Dvořák’s early works seem to have Wagnerian influences, but this symphony is widely considered to be the most Wagnerian of them all. Throughout the symphony his use of harp is particularly Wagnerian. The influence of Wagner is particularly notable in the second movement, where Dvořák seems to allude to motifs from Wagner’s Ring Cycle, as well as using harmonies and orchestrations in the style of Wagner, particularly in the strings, harp, and brass. The work is scored for an orchestra of two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets,"
"timpani, tam-tam, campane, organ, harp (Offertorium only), and strings. Requiem (Dvořák) Antonín Dvořák's Requiem in B minor, Op. 89, B. 165, is a funeral Mass scored for soloists, choir and orchestra. It was composed in 1890 and performed for the first time on 9 October 1891, in Birmingham, England, with the composer conducting. Section I Section II The approximate duration of the work is 95 minutes. The work is scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists; SATB choir; and an orchestra of piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four"
"Piano Concerto (Dvořák) The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33, is the only piano concerto by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Written in 1876, it was the first of three concertos that Dvořák completed, followed by the Violin Concerto, Op. 53 from 1879 and the Cello Concerto, Op. 104, written in 1894–1895. The piano concerto is probably the least known and least performed of Dvořák's concertos. As the eminent music critic Harold C. Schonberg put it, Dvořák wrote ""an attractive Piano Concerto in G minor with a rather ineffective piano part, a beautiful Violin Concerto in A"
"music. As the basis for his works, Dvořák frequently used Slavic folk dance forms including the skočná; the Bohemian odzemek, furiant, sousedská, and špacirka; the Polish mazurka and polonaise; the Yugoslav Kolo; and folk song forms of Slavic peoples, including the Ukrainian dumka. His 16 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, which first brought him a wide reputation, and Op. 72, include at least one of each of these forms. He also wrote an orchestral ""Polonaise"" (1879). He named the third movement of his 6th Symphony as ""Scherzo (Furiant)"". His Dumky Trio is one of his best-known chamber works, and is named"
"81, of prostate cancer and was buried in Prague, the Vyšehrad cemetery. Josef Suk (violinist) Josef Suk (8 August 1929 – 6 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist. Josef Suk was born in Prague, the grandson of the composer and violinist Josef Suk, and great-grandson of the composer Antonín Dvořák. After finishing high school in 1945 he entered the Prague Conservatory (1945-1951), where his teachers were Jaroslav Kocián, Norbert Kubát and Karel Šnebergr. The most important of all his teachers was Jaroslav Kocián, who"
"concluded that this theme owes its origins to Dvorák's spurning by his pupil Josefina Cermakova, which occurred at approximately the time that Dvorák was writing this symphony and which the composer was prompted to recall by the plot of the opera. A typical performance of the work has a duration of about 50 minutes. The work is scored for two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, and strings. Symphony No. 2 (Dvořák) The Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 4, B. 12 was composed by Antonín Dvořák between August and"
"František Ondříček František Ondříček (29 April 1857 – 12 April 1922) was a Czech violinist and composer. He gave the first performance of the Violin Concerto by Antonín Dvořák, and his achievements were recognised by the rare award of honorary membership of the Philharmonic Society of London (now the Royal Philharmonic Society) in 1891. His younger brother Karel Ondříček (b. 1865) for a while lead the orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague, and was to go on to have a successful musical career in the USA. František Ondříček was born in Prague, the son of the violinist and conductor Jan"
"and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (1861; piano), and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn (1873; orchestra). The latter work is believed to be the first set of variations for orchestra alone that was a work in its own right, rather than part of a symphony, suite or other larger work. Karl Goldmark's ""Rustic Wedding Symphony"" (1875) starts out with a set of variations as its first movement. Antonín Dvořák's ""Symphonic Variations"" (1877) and Edward Elgar's ""Enigma Variations"" (1899) are other well-known examples. Anton Arensky's ""Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky"" (1894) is among his most popular compositions."
"typical performance lasts approximately 22 minutes. The symphonic poem is scored for an orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and strings. The piece's instrumentation is significant because it lacks harp, unusual percussion, and nonstandard woodwindsa simpler orchestra than most of Dvořák's other orchestral works. This is because the piece does not attempt to convey a story, but merely portrays two contrasting moods: despair (during the lacrimosa section) and triumph. ""A Hero's Song"" was Dvořák's last orchestral work and the final of his five"
"by Czech national traditional music, such as the ""Love Songs"", ""Evening Songs"", etc. From other important works, that show also the influence of Czech folk music, both in terms of rhythms and of melodic shapes, perhaps the best known examples are the two sets of Slavonic Dances, written in two series. The first book, Op. 46 (1878), is predominantly Czech in respect to the forms represented. They were created for piano duet (one piano, four hands), but Dvořák proceeded to orchestrate the entire set, completing that version the same year. The second book, Op. 72 (also composed originally for piano"
"recent years, Nedbal's haunting ""Valse Triste"" (featured in his ballet ""The Tale of Simple Johnny"") has been a favorite stand-alone encore piece of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. http://www.johann-strauss.org.uk/composers-n-z.php?id=184 Oskar Nedbal Oskar Nedbal (26 March 1874 – 24 December 1930) was a Czech violist, composer, and conductor of classical music. Nedbal was born in Tábor, in southern Bohemia. He studied the violin at the Prague Conservatory under Antonín Bennewitz. He was principal conductor with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from 1896 to 1906 and was a founder member of the Bohemian String Quartet. Although a great admirer of his teacher Antonín Dvořák,"
"music as ""beautiful"", this critic concluded that ""there is so much to admire in the work that it cannot be dismissed as a piece of buffoonery"" . Octet (Stravinsky) The Octet for wind instruments is a chamber-music composition by Igor Stravinsky, completed in 1923. Stravinsky’s Octet is scored for an unusual combination of woodwind and brass instruments: flute, clarinet in B and A, two bassoons, trumpet in C, trumpet in A, tenor trombone, and bass trombone. Because of its dry wind sonorities, divertimento character, and open and self-conscious adoption of ""classical"" forms of the German tradition (sonata, variation, fugue), as"
"of symphonic poem. Many of his works show the influence of Czech folk music, both in terms of elements such as rhythms and melodic shapes; amongst these are the two sets of Slavonic Dances, the ""Symphonic Variations"", and the overwhelming majority of his songs, but echoes of such influence are also found in his major choral works. Dvořák also wrote operas (of which the best known is ""Rusalka""); serenades for string orchestra and wind ensemble; chamber music (including a number of string quartets and quintets); and piano music. While a large number of Dvořák's works were given opus numbers, these"
"B minor"". All the concerti are in the classical three-movement form. The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33 was the first of three concerti (for solo instrument and orchestra) that Dvořák composed, and it is perhaps the least known of the three. The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53 was written in 1878 for the great violinist Joseph Joachim, whom Dvořák had met and admired. He finished it in 1879, but Joachim was skeptical of the work. The concerto was premiered in 1883 in Prague by the violinist František Ondříček, who also"