Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( 1841-09-08 – 1904-05-01 ) was a composer from Bohemia in the Austrian Empire . He wrote in a Romantic and often Czech nationalist style. Sourced I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon...

Dvořák was born on September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves, near Prague (then Austrian Empire, today the Czech Republic), where he spent most of his life. His father was a butcher, innkeeper, and professional player of the zither. Dvořák's parents...