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| '''Antonín Dvořák''' (]-]) was a ]. He spent most of his | |||
| life in his home town of ], but it was during his visit to the | |||
| ] that he wrote his most popular work, his ninth | |||
| ] '']''. In this work he described landscapes that he had seen while visiting the USA. | |||
| It is a common legend that Dvorak used elements from American music like ]s and ] in that symphony. However, this is not the case, as Dvorak never claimed to have done so, and there is no similarity between the symphony and such elements. | |||
| Also while in the USA he heard a performance of a ] ] by the composer ]. He was so excited by the possibilities of the cello and ] combination displayed in this concerto that he wrote a cello concerto of his own. Since then the concerto he wrote has grown in popularity and today it is frequently performed. | |||