Composer Information
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. After Bedřich Smetana, he was the second Czech composer to achieve worldwide recognition. Following Smetana's nationalist example, Dvořák frequently employed aspects, specifically rhythms, of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style has been described as ‘the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them’. [source from Wikipedia]
Work Information
This is composed by the Czech composer Dvořák, when he was in the US in 1893, so it is generally called "From the New World". The famous American song "GOIN' HOME" is the singing version of the second movement of this work.