Antonín Dvořák

Czech Republic, 1861–1904

Czech composer who brought Bohemian folk idioms into the symphonic mainstream. The New World Symphony and the Cello Concerto are cornerstones of the repertoire.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Antonín Dvořák and 1 artist Antonín Dvořák influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Antonín Dvořák?

• Johannes Brahms — Brahms discovered Dvořák through the Austrian State Prize jury, recommended him to his publisher Simrock and personally corrected his proofs — a documented mentorship.
• Bedřich Smetana — Smetana's Czech national style was the immediate model for Dvořák, who played viola under Smetana's baton at the Provisional Theatre.

Which artists did Antonín Dvořák influence?

• Robert Fripp — The earliest of the classical names he gives, and the most conventional — the one that came before Bartok and Stravinsky took the tonality away.