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ANTONIN DVORAK
Born September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves, Bohemia
Died May 1, 1904 in Prague When Johannes Brahms scored a great success with his Hungarian Dances, his publisher commissioned Dvorak to compose a set of dances based on the music of Bohemia. Dvorak was only too happy to oblige, since he had a passionate interest in the folk music of his native land. But he widened the scope of his pieces to embrace the Slavonic music of Ukraine, Poland, and Serbia. The result, published in 1878, was a set of 8 Slavonic Dances, which brought the composer instant international fame and a commission for a second set a few years later.
The eighth and final dance of the first set is based on a Bohemian dance known as a Furiant. The music is fiery and impetuous in character, even though the name bears no etymological connection with the English word "fury!" . Rhythmically it is in three-beat meter, but with two-beat patterns superimposed. Although Dvorak adopted the style, form, and rhythm of the Furiant, the actual melodies and harmonies are completely original. | |
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