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[edit] Dvořák's wife

There does seem to persist a myth that Dvořák pined for his sister-in-law throughout his marriage. Also seems to be difficult to obtain biographical information about his wife; I thought his wife died in 1895, but this was the year Josefa did. (I presume they did not both die the same year.) This mistake I wrote into the article String Quartet No. 13 (Dvořák) early on was eventually corrected, at least. (Poss. more biography in the article in general of course, and more of a booklist?) Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

According to my favourite biography of Dvořák (Gervase Hughes (1967), Dvořák, His Life & Music, Casell, London) the above myth is true (see for example page 227). Anna Dvořáková died on 14 July 1931 at the age of 71 (page 216). She is burried next to her husband on the Vyšehrad in Prague. TomyDuby 01:02, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography

If anyone is interested, the biography needs a major expansion between the Slavonic Dances and his departure to the US. Despite the large amount of important works composed at the time, it only gets a few sentences. Lethe 20:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chamber music

I strongly feel that there should be lot more about Dvořák's glorious chamber music, but I don't have the competence to write such a section. Ishboyfay (talk) 03:39, 22 November 2007 (UTC)