Antonín Dvořák
1841 to 1904. A composer and viola player.
Three facts about Dvořák
- Dvořák played the viola. It looks like a violin but is a bit bigger.
- Dvořák loved trains! He liked to watch them at the train station and study the timetables.
- He wrote his famous New World Symphony while he lived in New York.
Dvořák’s famous music
Symphony No. 9, From the New World (1893). Hear famous pieces played by Peabody’s band on the listening maps.
Where Dvořák lived
Dvořák did their best-known work in Prague, in Czech Republic. 🌍 Fly there on the globe
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