Antonin Dvorák

Birthday: September 08, 1841

The sweeping lyricism of this late Romantic composer's symphonic works and songs was influenced by both European and American folk music, including African-American and Native American songs in the later works. Like most compositions which have been quoted in film soundtracks, there is one work that tends to be used the most; in this case, that piece is the well-known theme set to words in ...more