Antonín Dvořák spent three years in New York, immersing himself in American popular culture, and was appointed director of the newly created New York Conservatory in 1892.
Historical Context
While exile could be tragic in the last two centuries, earlier musicians like Lully, Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti experienced it willingly and happily.
Composer Biography
Frédéric Chopin left Warsaw with hopes of gaining recognition in London and Paris, but the Polish insurrection of 1830 forced him into exile in France, never to return to his homeland.
Historical Context
The Russian Revolution in 1917 forced composers like Rachmaninov into exile, while the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s led many artists, particularly Jewish ones, to flee their country.
Album & Artwork
The album explores the theme of composers who left their home countries to live or stay elsewhere, often due to exile.
Composer Biography
Georg Friedrich Haendel, a native of Halle in Prussian Saxony, moved to England at age twenty-five and became the greatest composer of the kingdom.
Composer Biography
Domenico Scarlatti, a Neapolitan composer and contemporary of Haendel, left Italy in 1719 to become the music master for Infanta Maria Barbara in Portugal, later following her to Spain.
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