This composer's tone poems include one in which the title demon murders a child, The Water Goblin, and his first symphony is titled after the "Bells of Zlonice."
This composer's tone poems include one in which the title demon murders a child, The Water Goblin, and his first symphony is titled after the "Bells of Zlonice." He quotes the song series "The Cypresses" at the end of his Cello Concerto in B minor, which is probably the most frequently-played cello concerto today. This composer also wrote the American String Quartet, which was inspired by his time in Spillville, Iowa; that also provided inspiration of a symphony he wrote that was based on the Song of Hiawatha and African American spirituals. For 10 points, name this composer of the Carnival Overture, some Slavonic Dances, and his 9th symphony, From the New World.
This composer's tone poems include one in which the title demon murders a child, The Water Goblin, and his first symphony is titled after the "Bells of Zlonice."
Antonin Leopold Dvorak