Antonin Dvorak

During Dvorak live time there were many famous painters such as Henri- Edmond Cross, Maximilien Luce, George Seurat, Paul Signac, Fredrick Edwin Church and Wilhelm Leibl. Also during his lifetime the Annexation of Texas happened in 1845 along with the Mexican War in 1846-1848. He also lived during the time of the gold rush and the Civil War in America. Across the seas you had the Italian War of Independence in 1848-1849 and the Seven Weeks’ War in 1866. The Annexation of Bosnia – Herzegovina, Provincial Revolt, The Crimean War, Second Polish Revolution, and the Spanish – American War additionally all happened in the duration of his lifetime.

Dvorak was formally trained in music at the Organ College in Prague and found a job as an organist in a small church. After Dvorak had earned enough money from the organist job he started teaching so that he could concentrate more on composing. He received a formal invitation to America along with a contract offer from the National Conservatory of Music in New York. The proposal offered Dvorak a two-year term as the director of the school and conducting eight concerts a year. The salary was fifteen thousand a year. His most famous symphony was the E Minor Symphony known as the New World Symphony. In 1894, Dvorak returned home for the last ten years of his life where he continued to compose. The Czechs honored him as their elder statesman of culture and the Austrian government made him a senator. At the end of Dvorak’s life, although he had done financially well during his life, he was in serious financial straits due to the fact that he had sold many compositions for little to nothing to live on. Dvorak’s life came to an end

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