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Facts about Dvorak

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Dvorak, like Sibelius, looked to native folk myths and legends for source materials and based several of these large-scale compositions on the epic poems of his countryman, poet Karel Jaromir Erben.

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Like his contemporaries Jean Sibelius, Franz Liszt, and Richard Strauss, the symphonic poem became an important vehicle for Dvorak's creative energies.

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Antonin Dvorak's music is deeply infused with the spirit of his native Czech homeland and as such remains a source of great national pride.

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Like other "nationalist" composers, Dvorak fused musical folk elements into formal compositional framework in masterful ways.

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Dvorak's love of country is further evident in his symphonic poems, which are often based on Czech mythology and folk legends.

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