 Antonin
Dvorak, My Father by Otakar Dvorak, Paul J. Polansky
(ed.)
Antonin Dvorak,
My Father is a personal biography by his son Otakar who at the
age of seventy-five years old decided to "write about the
events missing from the other books about my father. "
For musicologists,
Otakar's biography of his father contains many new items, but
basically the book portrays Dvorak as a father. Story after story
discloses Dvorak's real identity, captured in simple words by
his son, while the great composer's work and profession linger
in the background.
Otakar remembers
many stories told by Dvorak's friends and pupils. These colorful
stories carry us through the chapters, giving us the background
to Dvorak's career and life. Otakar relates several gems for the
musical historian, but the story about how his father solved a
problem in his most famous opera might be the best... (Amazon.com)
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