According to Dvořák´ s son Otakar, Dvořák usually sarted to write early in the morning till the noon in village Vysoká. The brother in law the earl who bought the villa there, Dvořák asked to buy house there. He wrote most of his works there,, Slavonic dances (second set, Humoresques for piano)..He was happy there with his family. According to son Otakar they were surprised that when he composed they didnt hear one note of the piano, because as most great composers they hear the melodies in their head. They say Dvořák was able to write 60 pages of scores in this period since morning till the noon. He liked the sininging birds in his garden, he planted some trees by himself and he had few animals, little farm and doves. He was proud of his little farm.He was playing the card game Darda in the pub with his friends. On his villa he was playing the bowling with his friends. Though he was in England more times to introduce his music on great stages, and theaters, halls, he was very humble. He liked living in village Vysoká. The fame didnt change his character.

I love those last few statements in this video about Dvorak. I don't exactly know why Dvorak is my favorite composer, but he is. I really enjoy everything by him. Not only the works that he wrote in America, but also his Slavonic Dances, his other symphonies, his requiem, and much more. His 8th symphony is my favorite piece of music currently (and it hasn't changes for at least 3-4 of months). I own some Dover scores of some of his works, but I don't feel that it is nearly enough. I can never seem to get enough Dvorak. Ever. ...Ever...

Among my favorite works by Dvorak are The Water Goblin, Symphonies 3 and 6, 7, 8, 9, Stabat Mater, Cello Concerto, Violin Concerto, selected Slavonic Dances, Rusalka, selected chamber music. The Golden Spinning Wheel, The Wood Dove, The Noon Witch, Overtures, The Czech Suite........I like Dvorak.....alot ! Excellent job young man. I enjoy your channel very much.

Hello! I’m a high school choir teacher on summer break and these videos are helping me recharge! Thank you very much for them!! I have learned a lot!!!

Tempo Di Valse from Serenade for Strings is absolutely breathtaking, highly underrated in his works.

Hey there Mr. Little. Love your musical insights and history. Perfect for high school and college classes. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

Very well written and researched... and some humor, too, thank heaven! I write and present pre-concert lectures, and I think you have a wonderful polished presentation. Great stuff! Congrats.

His New World Symphony is great, but I also really like his 8th symphony. The harmonies in that are so unique.

This is really cool! I grew up near Spillville and of course, share the last name. I've never looked into the family tree but he does share a resemblance to my grandpa Dvorak's brother 🤔. Thanks for creating the video.

Yes, a very good one, Thomas. Thank you.

This is great public service. Thank you!!

Great video, thank you and LOL @ "shook" hahaha I wasn't ready

"And sometimes he would _derail_ his composition lessons with students, just to ask about the train journeys they've been on..." That pun hurt.

wow.. very nice contents! This is fantastic!!!!!

Thank you. Very helpful.

Great stuff as always. I'm sure there's a drinking game to be had with your use of 'theretofore'... Not a word I've every really heard used before but it should definitely stage a comeback. If I could request Ralph Vaughan Williams be added to the request queue I'd be much obliged.

According to czech documentary of 1991 he was bad student of german language and when he learned something, he wasnt able to express himself well.....he composed at that time, and classmates made fun of him because he was very poor, and they laughed when they found out he is compossing...he thought they are more successful....But in the documentary they said he knew well english when he came to America and he actually knew two languages.

Good day, fellow youths! Got any hot train gossip?

1:45 that explains the viola solo in the American quartet

I appreciate your video. It is very well made! I was wondering what caused/inspired Dvorak to write symphony 8. I've heard a few different stories. Did he write it because of his children passing away?

I love this kind of vids :D do Gustav Mahler next please XD

2:12 - and thus all the jokes about violists were born!

Awesome

wish you had added graphics to go along with the talking so I could imagine a more accurate picture of the world at the time. Good video nonetheless

Nice

Please do one of these videos on bizet

I for one think popularity and quality in Art are not at all related. Meaning, you can be popular and be good and you can be unpopular and still be good (and vice versa and vice versa). For example, Stephen King is by no means a good writer by any stretch of the imagination. But he's very popular. Johnann Strauss is very popular, and, like Dvorák, suffers because of that, since his waltzes, for instance, are far from the simplistic, low-brow pieces many people (including critics) think they are.

Didn't Dvorak write a requiem ?

Has anyone requested for Anton Bruckner yet?

Very interesting. Please, as you mention new facts, mention the composers age. That would be good. Thank you.

Where does the J sound in the name come from? No J in the name. I’ve seen it spelled with the J many times.

What about a video on Offenbach

Pablo Sarasate plz! Keep it up!

Why no Liszt video?

Spice

There are still snobs today who believe that good music must somehow be difficult, who think Dvorak nothing but a glorified re-packager of folk tunes, just another populist (read mediocre) nationalist composer, a Brahms wannabe. But Dvorak is truly a great composer. Listen to just his 7th Symphony if you don't think so.

If classical music and Latin was mandatory in our schools America would not be the cultural and academic cesspool it is. If you could ever visit Yale University in New Haven your eyes will be opened. I would guess at least 40% of the science and technology students, particularly post-grad are Asian. Plus the medical school.

Guys my last name is dvorak and music people always wonder If I'm related to this boomer, which I am..... (I know he's not a boomer, it's just part of the joke.)

Dvorak had Train-fetish