This composer's spectacular career as an operatic composer was launched at the age of eighteen, after which he wrote thirty-eight more operas and then retired-at the ripe old age of thirty-seven; he was also an accomplished chef

Dvo?ák's "American" Quartet is so named because it

a. contains American folk melodies b. was first published in the United States c. was commissioned by an American, Andrew Carnegie d. was composed while he was in America e. All of these choices

Who is America's first composer of truly international recognition?

A) Louis Moreau Gottschalk B) Edward MacDowell C) Antonin Dvorák D) Arthur Farwell