Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could... How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American ...

Bits of information about famous people were as popular in the 1890s as they are now. An item about Antonin Dvorak appeared in papers nationwide — including The Gazette — in the summer of 1893 that ...

Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak’s concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass.” By Joshua Barone Harry T. Burleigh, who transformed Black ...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop says Antonin Dvorak's symphony "From the New World" was one of the first big orchestral works to incorporate indigenous American musical ideas.

Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, right, with his wife, children and friends shortly after arriving in New York in 1892. Dvorak was intrigued by America’s Black and Indigenous music. (Photo by ullstein ...

This week, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for the last of its mid-winter Shakespeare-themed programs, performs (on Thursday and Saturday’s concerts) Antonin Dvorak’s concert overture on “Othello” (Op.

In 19th-century classical music, the composer as tourist is a familiar and ingratiating phenomenon. Italy was a favorite destination. Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt and Tchaikovsky, among others, ...

Our series continues with a postcard from Antonin Dvorak that reveals both his enthusiasm for Iowa's countryside and his homesickness. His U.S visit had a significant impact on his music, including ...

Music writer Fran Hoepfner (@franhoepfner) speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about her love for "Symphony from the New World" by Antonin Dvorak. Dvorak, who was Czech, wrote it in 1893 while in the ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...