Dvorák, ANTONIN

b. 1841. Bohemian musician. In youth he supported supported himself by playing in a dance-orchestra while studying at Prague. His succe ful career began in 1875, when he won a stipend of $160 from the Austrian Ministry of Education, which was increased 1877 to $240. His Slavonic Dances for orchestra soon made him known throughout the Western world, and he took rank with the best composers when his Stabat Mater was heard in London in 1883. He then began to write oratorios for the English choral festivals. In 1891 he His son and namesake, 1796-1866, wrote a History of Conn., 1841, and other books.