AntonÃ­n DvoÅÃ¡k, in full AntonÃ­n Leopold DvoÅÃ¡k (born September 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now in Czech Republic]âdied May 1, 1904, Prague), first Bohemian composer to achieve worldwide recognition, noted for turning folk material into the language of 19th-century Romantic music.