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Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dance No. 7
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 7
Other Musical Nationalism
Antonin Dvorak and his fellow Czech composers were among the first music nationalists. Here's a look at many others, including composers from America.
1. Which American composer borrowed folk tunes to put into his compositions?
Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
Amy Beach
John Philip Sousa
2.Who was the first Norwegian nationalist composer?
Jean Sibelius
Arvo Part
Edvard Grieg
Bedrich Smetana
3. Which composer borrowed hymns from the Russian Orthodox Church?
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff
Rimsky-Korsakov
Kabalevsky
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