1. Antonin Dvorak Born in Sep. 1841 in Bohemia (now part of Czech Republic) Bohemia (green part) in relation to Czech Republic

2. Antonin Dvorak Dvorak studied music in Prague's only organ school. Dvorak also played the violin and viola.

3. Dvořák fell in love with one of his pupils, Josefína Čermáková, and wrote a song cycle, Cypress Trees, in an attempt to woo her heart. Josefina married another man. Dvorak married her sister Anna. Dvorak came to America in 1892.

4. Dvorak is part of a group of composers labeled “nationalists.” Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) is probably Dvorak’s most famous piece. This piece is also called the “New World Symphony.” The following is the 2 nd movement of this symphony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYl4Xb4cDQ8&fea ture=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYl4Xb4cDQ8&fea ture=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYl4Xb4cDQ8&fea ture=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYl4Xb4cDQ8&fea ture=related This is the 4 th movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqoDVuGX8 JI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqoDVuGX8 JI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqoDVuGX8 JI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqoDVuGX8 JI