The Story Of Dvorak in Words & Music
Dvořák & Suk: A Journey with Jakub Hrůša
Cultural background of Dvorak's times!
Feb 05, 2018
Do You Hear the People Sing? Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7
Culture wars, political dysfunction and rising ethnic tensions—these were the problems that plagued Austria-Hungary in the 1880s, and the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák would be caught in the cross-hairs. The immediate problems of the 1880s had deep roots, however; for centuries, Czech lands had been ruled by the Austrian Hapsburg monarchy, and Czech peoples were often relegated to second-class status within the empire...
Austro-Hungarian Empire 1880 奧匈帝國
"BY the Water of Babylon" with lyrics
Magdalena Kožená - Antonín Dvořák Biblical Songs
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem
my highest joy.
Dvorak 9th symphony "From the New World"
