Antonin Dvořák was a Czech composer, known primarily for his symphonies. His style combined Romanticism with folk influences, mainly from his homeland, but also from the Americas. He lived in the United States briefly from 1892-1895, directing the National Conservatory of New York and composing his

Romantic music

Paul Dukas was from a French-Jewish family. He studied under Théodore Dubois and Ernest Guiraud at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he became friends with the composer Claude Debussy. After completing his studies Dukas found work as a music critic and orchestrator; he was unusually gifted in orches

Romantic ballet, Romantic music

Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Fanny Mendelssohn composed 466 pieces of music. Her compositions include a piano trio and several books of solo pia

Romantic music

Clara Josephine Wieck (September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896) was a German musician, one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, as well as a composer. Her prestige — she became known as "the high priestess of music" — exerted over a 61-year concert career, changed the format and re

Layered, Romantic music, Sensual