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| | ANTON DVORAK'S FAREWELL |
 | | Dvorak is not a melancholic composer, even though he is a masterful interpreter of the ever present sadness typical of the Slav-Bohemian soul, infused with uncertainty about roots and a desire to escape. |
 | | It is also probable that Dvorak brought his return home forward, so as to see her alive, and, on her death, a month later, he decided to partially alter the Concerto, adding some quotations from the Song to the third movement and also sixty new bars near the end. |
 | | Dvorak was a very simple man, who jealously guarded his feelings, which are only (transparently) revealed in his works. |
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