Antonin Dvorak Humoresque No 7
In this issue, we return to the work of that brilliant and influential 19th Century Czech composer, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). As well as being an educator and multi-instrumentalist, and composing hundreds of works for symphonies, opera, chamber and solo instruments, Dvorak was an important pioneer of the folk and nationalistic movement in the Western Art Music. This was a significant shift in the ethos of ‘classical’ music – that there was equal value in the folk traditions, and that these musical cultures can and should be adopted into the 'high
