Antonín Dvořák in the Notes of the Traveller Josef Kořenský and Czech Society in America in 1893
| Pages | 114-149 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/muscz.2019.004 |
| Keywords | Antonín Dvořák, Josef Kořenský, New York, Alfred Baštýř, stereoscopic photography, Czech society in America, 1893, World’s Fair in Chicago, travelogue, diary, Vojta Náprstek |
| Citation | VEJVODOVÁ, Veronika . Antonín Dvořák in the Notes of the Traveller Josef Kořenský and Czech Society in America in 1893. Musicalia. Journal of the Czech Museum of Music / Časopis Českého muzea hudby . Prague: National Museum, 2019, 11(1-2), 114-149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/muscz.2019.004. ISSN 1803-7828 (Print), 2533-5634 (Online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/mjotcmom/11-1-2/antonin-dvorak-in-the-notes-of-the-traveller-josef-korensky-and-czech-society-in-america-in-1893 |
The article is based primarily on Josef Kořenský’s travelogue and diary, and in broader historical contexts it reports on Kořenský’s contacts with Antonín Dvořák in Prague in the 1870s and ’80s and in New York, where the two men met in late May and early June of 1893. There is a detailed description of the voyage to America, including the realities of ocean crossings and information about Dvořák’s family. There are also introductions of other figures from the circle of Czech artists and intellectuals in New York at the time, such as Alfred Baštýř, who took stereoscopic photographs of the Dvořák family, and the violinist Karel Ondříček. The connections between Kořenský’s journey to America and the Czech patriotic milieu also receive attention.
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