Apr. 22nd, 2021

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Antonín Dvořák was not the guy who invented the keyboard layout; he was a composer. He was a Czech in the days when that meant you were a citizen of the Austrian Empire, but he identified intensely with his ethnicity. He was one of the leading figures among late-19C composers of various nationalities who found inspiration in their own people's folk songs and dances and in the rhythms of their native language.

Accordingly, Dvořák's music could be very Czech, and what more so than his melodic and dance-filled Czech Suite?



The movements are: Prelude (Pastorale) (0.55), Polka (4.44), Minuet (9.43), Romance (14.34), Finale (Furiant) (19.03).

As for what else Dvořák did, that's even more interesting and we'll get to it.

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