Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Legend No. 4, op. 59, like his Slavonic Dances, first for the piano in 1880, but scored them shortly afterwards. The cycle of ten smaller pieces with an...
Antonín Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves on September 8. 1841. His father was a musician and abandoned the family business - a guest-house with butchery - to earn his living as a zither player. At the age of six, young Antonín had his first violin lessons, with 12 years he also learned to play piano and organ. After he graduated from the organ school in Prague, Dvořák...
Pavel Staněk est né le 3 juin 1927 à Prague. Il a étudié au Conservatoire de Prague, 1946-51. Son instrument principal était la contrebasse. Il a commencé sa carrière musicale professionnelle en 1950 avec l'Ensemble national de danse et de chanson, d'abord comme contrebasse, et un an plus tard comme chef de chœur. En 1954, il est nommé directeur de la Musique militaire du ministère de...