The ''Czech Suite'' in

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( cs, Česká suita D dur, link=no), Op. 39 (B. 93), was composed by

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...

in 1879 and published later in his life. Adolf Čech conducted the premiere. Dvořák had only recently become introduced to

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but had already become displeased with several of his new publisher's business practices, including releasing older works with high

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s, implying they were new. He offered this work, recently written, to Simrock with a somewhat earlier number (that of works he'd written a few years before) as part of his response. The suite consists of five

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as follows:

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Suites by Antonín Dvořák 1879 compositions Compositions for symphony orchestra Compositions in D major {{classical-composition-stub