Previous posts for September 8th are here: Willem Pijper (2019), Antonín Dvořák (2020), Peter Maxwell Davies (2021), Howard Dietz (2022), and Antonín Dvořák (2023)
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Antonín Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was one of the greatest Czech composers.
Dvořák in America
Dvořák decided to spend the summer of 1893 in Spillville, along with all his family. While there he composed the String Quartet in F (the "American"). – adapted from Wikipedia
A chapter in a his bio, a
Chapter often cited,
Records his trip to Iowa,
Where he was once invited.
The Czechs who lived in Spillville then
Were gratified to get
A special tribute from his pen,
“The American Quartet.”
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