Photo: National Museum in Prague
A new exhibition marking the inclusion of Antonín Dvořák’s Archive on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register got underway this week. Among other thing, visitors to the Dvořák Museum in Prague will have a rare chance to see a manuscript of his Moravian Duets, which paved the composer’s way to world-wide fame.
The Moravian Duets, a cycle of 23 compositions for two voices and piano based on Moravian folk-song lyrics, were written by Dvořák between 1876 and 1885. According to Emanuele Gadaleta, head of the Dvořák Museum in Prague, the opus contributed significantly to the success of the composer’s work abroad.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková; Michaela Vetešková