Gaining fame with a cantata based on HalekÕs The Heroes of the White Mountain, he was befriended by Brahms, who helped him win the commission for the Slavonic Dances.
He worked in his fatherÕs butchery until 1857, when he was sent to organ school. Gaining fame with a cantata based on HalekÕs The Heroes of the White Mountain, he was befriended by Brahms, who helped him win the commission for the Slavonic Dances. F  TP, identify this composer of the Dumky trio and Rusalka, who is best known for his ninth symphony, ÒFrom the New World.Ó
He worked in his fatherÕs butchery until 1857, when he was sent to organ school.
Antonin Dvorak