Antonin Dvorak & 2055 Dvorak Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Following the nationalist example of Bedrich Smetana, Dvorák frequently employed features of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia (then parts of the Austrian Empire and now constituting the Czech Republic).
After the premiere of his cantata Stabat Mater (1880), Dvorák visited the United Kingdom and became popular there; his Seventh Symphony was written for London. After a brief conducting stint in Russia in 1890, Dvorák was appointed as a professor at the Prague Conservatory in 1891. In 1892, Dvorák moved to the United States and became the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York City, where he also composed. However, a salary dispute, along with increasing recognition in Europe and an onset of homesickness made him decide to return to Bohemia.
Among Dvorák's best known works are his New World Symphony, the "American" String Quartet, the opera Rusalka and his Cello Concerto in B minor.

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CZ: Antonín Dvorák, hudební skladatel, žil a tvoril v tomto dome od r.1877 a zde r.1904
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EN Antonín Dvorák, composer, lived and worked in this house from 1877 and he died here in 1904



2055 Dvorák Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: L. Kohoutek
Date of discovery: 19. 2. 1974
Place of discovery: Bergedorf Observatory

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