| 1880/03/08 |
Alois Francis Kovarik |
Born |
Barbora Miekish Kovarik, wife of Vaclav James Kovarik, gives birth to a son, Alois Francis Kovarik, in Spillville, Iowa. |
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| 1893/06/00 |
Antonin Dvorak |
Composer |
Dvorak plays first violin, Jan Josef Kovarik second violin, daughter Cecilie Kovarikova viola, and son Josef Jan Kovarik the cello during the first performance of "String Quartet in F major, Opus 96". Dvorak stayed at Bily Clocks. |
String Quartet in F major, Opus 96 |
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| 1893/07/00 |
Antonin Dvorak |
Visitor |
Dvorak spends 3 moths in Spillville playing the St Wenceslaus Church organ at early Mass, drinking Czech beer with a Czech-Americans, fishing in the Turkey River and listening to songbirds. He was awed and saddened by the vast spaces in Iowa. |
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| 1965/11/13 |
Alois Francis Kovarik |
Died |
Alois Francis Kovarik dies at age 85 in Spillville, Iowa. Mr Kovarik is buried at Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery in Spillville. |
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