Articles related to "Jeannette Thurber"

A brief look at the of of Jeannette Thurber, who persuaded Antonin Dvorak to go to New York City and become the Director of the National Conservatory of Music.

Czech composer Anton Dvorak spent several years in New York City in the 1890s, but he was always homesick and longed for the fields and forests of Bohemia.

Antonin Dvorák wrote his 9th Symphony in the spirit of America's search for a particular national identity. Though perhaps inaccurate, his symphony remains ever popular.