2055 Dvorak & Antonín Dvorák bust in Horejší Obora park - Príbram (Central Bohemia)
N 49° 41.355 E 014° 00.339
33U E 428280 N 5504555
Mars-crossing asteroid 2055 Dvorak (1974 DB) bears name of one of the world-respected Czech composers, Antonín Dvorák. The given coordinates mark his bust located in the public park Horejší Obora in town Pribram.
Waymark Code: WMVFT7
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/13/2017
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Mars-crossing asteroid 2055 Dvorak (1974 DB) bears name of one of the world-respected Czech composers, Antonín Dvorák. The given coordinates mark his bust located in the public park Horejší Obora in town Pribram.
Asteroid asteroid 2055 Dvorak (1974 DB) was discovered by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Hamburg Observatory on February 19, 1974.
The life-size bronze bust, replica of Dvorák' bust by renown Czech sculptor Ladislav Šaloun from 1905, was cast for town of Príbram in 1929.
Antonín Dvorák (September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. After Bedrich Smetana, he was the second Czech composer to achieve worldwide recognition. Following Smetana's nationalist example, Dvorák frequently employed aspects, specifically rhythms, of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvorák’s own style has been described as ‘the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them’. [wiki]