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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Academics of the Prague Conservatory, Prague Conservatory alumni, Antonin Dvo ak, Erich Kleiber, Bohuslav Martin, Rafael Kubelik, Rudolf Friml, Vit zslav Novak, Ji i B lohlavek, Emil Hlobil, Ludvik elansky, Petr Kotik, Eugen Sucho, Jan Kubelik, Eva Likova, Ladislav erny, Karel An erl, Jaroslav Je ek, Vaclav Talich, Petr Eben, Kate ina Emingerova, Nad da Kniplova, Jan H imaly, Marta Jira kova, Jana Jona ova, Ji i Gemrot, Jana Sykorova, Josef Suk, Antonin vorc, Franti ek Bro, Otakar ev ik, Jaroslav Sou ek, Vilem Kurz, Vaclav Smeta ek, Karel ejna, Franz Simandl, Marie Podvalova, Kate ina Jalovcova, Oskar Nedbal, Pavel Kohout, Daniel H lka, Ladislav Kubik, Dagmar Peckova, Milan Kymlicka, Vaclav Neumann, Zden k Hnat, Rudolf Komorous, Otakar Jeremia, Vaclav Rabas. Excerpt: Antonin Leopold Dvo ak (English pronunciation: -zhahk or -zhak; Czech: September 8, 1841 - May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvo ak's own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis." His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many of other orchestral and vocal-instrumental pieces. His best-known works include his New World Symphony, the Slavonic Dances, "American" String Quartet, the opera Rusalka, Cello Concerto in B minor and choral works Stabat Mater, Requiem, Op. 89 and Te Deum. Antonin Dvo ak in 1868Dvo ak was born on September 8, 1841, in the Bohemian village of Nelahozeves, near Prague (then part of Bohemia in the Austrian Empire, now in the Czech Republic), where he spent most of his life. He was baptized as a Roman Catholic in the church of St. Andrew in the village. Dvo ak's years in Nelahozeves nurtured...
