FAMOUS COMPOSER.
CENTENARY CELEBRATED. w A-,; >■<■■■ . ' . -Jj': ■ (United Press Association —Copyright.) T LONDON, July 31. ■ The president of Czechoslovakia (Dr Benes) was present at a concert held in the Albert Hall to-night to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the great Bohemian composer, Anton Dvorak. The concert, Which was one »of Sir ' Henry Woods series of promenade concerts, opened with the Czech National Anthem. • The programme was devoted entirely to the music, of Dvorak, and included tlie Fourth Symphony and violin concerto—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 249, 2 August 1941, Page 8
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