Dvořák—In The New World and Old World
From humble beginnings to stardom, Antonin Dvořák straddled two centuries, two continents, rural and urban sensibilities and folk styles inspired by Czech and Slavic traditional music as well as by an American sojourn. At home in different worlds, his sublime String Quartet No. 12 the "American” was composed in Spillville Iowa during a blissful vacation, […]