#OnThisDay in 1896, #AntonínDvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, premieres in London with English cellist Leo Stern as soloist.

#OnThisDay in 1894, First public performance of Czech composer #AntonínDvořák's String Quartet No. 12 "The American" by the Kneisel Quartet in Boston, Massachusetts.

#morninglistening to #EdithMathis in #AntonínDvořák's StabatMater w/RafaelKubelik & the @brsorchestra on DG. Cavernous but moving recording of a B+ masterpiece.

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Lucia Poppová died of brain cancer at the age of 54 #OnThisDay in 1993; before her tragic early death, #LuciaPopp sang in opera houses around the world; here she is singing the Song to the Moon" from #AntonínDvořák's opera "Rusalka":
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📆January 1, 1894 First public #performance of #Czech #composer #AntonínDvořák's String Quartet No. 12 "The American" by the #Kneisel Quartet in #Boston, Massachusetts

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