Do you like the music of Dvorak?

Antonín Dvořák is in my top 10 of composers I like. He's there in that list because of his 9th Symphony, entitled “From the New World”. read more

Thanks for the A2A. Yes. He was a melodist of the first rank and composed a number of works of great beauty. The issue I have with some of his music is that his technique falters. For example, in the finale of the 8th symphony there is a short part of the development section that just falls apart that almost ruins it. read more

As a young man Dvorak admired Wagner's music and some of Dvorak's early works were heavily influenced by Wagner. The mature Dvorak who created his last three symphonies, the later chamber works, and his marvelous cycle of tone poems based on Czech folk tales, exhibits a very personal style all his own. read more