Talk:Dvorak/Archive 1

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Was Antonín Dvořák a nationalist in the political sense ? This is what seems to be meant here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.127.85.237 (talk)

I think you could say so. He felt absolutely Bohemian, and Czech. A view people tried talking him into moving to Vienna (Brahms did among others) but he refused. He also insisted on Simrock using Antonín, or Ant., but was very annoyed that Simrock started out using the German Anton. On the other hand he wasn't very active. He was given a seat in the Austria-Hungarian ministers-room. He showed up once, took the pencils, and left never to return again. Off course he wouldn't have had much political influence. But I think he was a voice of the people, in his own stuborn way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Basboy (talk • contribs)

Why is Felix Dvorak listed under Phonemical variations when his name is the same? —Frungi 23:55, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Why does the correct spelling (Dvořák) redirect here instead of the other way round?--84.188.197.98 20:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Historical reason probably. Pavel Vozenilek 15:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Huh? I can only take this to mean that the page was first created under the crippled form 'Dvorak'. That might explain the current situation, but does not justify it. I am switching the redirect accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.78.174.52 (talk)

Funny, I just came in here to ask why the incorrect spelling (Dvořák) doesn't redirect to the correct spelling (Dvorak). This is an English language encyclopedia after all, so shouldn't we generally stick to letters that are actually in the English language when spelling things? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.206.238.209 (talk) 02:24, 15 November 2007 (UTC)