Antonín Dvořák’s Requiem: One of the composer’s most profound works

Name: Antonín Dvořák’s Requiem: One of the composer’s most profound works
Uploaded: 2025-05-02T10:29:12+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Close to the age of 50, Antonín Dvořák embarked upon a music testimony of his relationship with God and an attempt to answer the most fundamental issues of human existence. Given the emotional depth of this work, it is somewhat surprising that Dvořák’s decision to write a mass for the dead was not motivated by

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Close to the age of 50, Antonín Dvořák embarked upon a music testimony of his relationship with God and an attempt to answer the most fundamental issues of human existence.

Given the emotional depth of this work, it is somewhat surprising that Dvořák’s decision to write a mass for the dead was not motivated by the death of someone close to him, or by a premonition of his own demise.

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Author: Daniela Lazarová