is played by Hynek Čermák. Ian Krykorka has written a number of children's books based on some of Dvořák's operas. Josef Škvorecký wrote Dvorak in Love about his life in America as Director of the National Conservatory for Music. Asteroid 2055 Dvořák, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek, is named in his honor. Dvořák was also an avid train spotter, collecting the engine numbers of the express trains from Prague to Vienna and Dresden and also spent considerable time with closely watched trains in New York. He was said to find much inspiration from them in his compositions. Notes and references Notes Details Specific references General sources , notes in German and English. Bibliography co-edited by Dr. John Clapham and Dr. W. Pfannkuch, and a Survey of Life and Work. If there is a reference to one edition and the reader has access only to another edition, the catalogue numbers such as B.178 for the New World Symphony will be more useful than page numbers. In the chronology of Dvořák's life, one may search by year (and date) rather than page number. (St. Martin's Press or Faber & Faber 1966, MacMillan reprint or St. Martin's, , 1969) . Smaczny, Jan (1999), Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Cambridge University Press. Smaczny, Jan (2002), "Antonín Dvořák", in Oxford Companion to Music, ed. Alison Latham, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 391–92. External links Comprehensive Dvořák site Antonín Dvořák Recordings at the Internet Archive Antonín Dvořák, Bohemian composer 1841 births 1904 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century classical pianists 19th-century classical violinists 19th-century Czech male musicians 19th-century Czech people 19th-century organists 20th-century classical composers 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century classical violinists 20th-century Czech male musicians 20th-century Czech people 20th-century organists Academic staff of the Prague Conservatory Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery Catholic liturgical composers Czech classical composers Czech classical organists Czech classical pianists Czech classical violinists Czech classical violists Czech male classical composers Czech opera composers Czech Roman Catholics Czech Romantic composers Honorary Members of the Royal Philharmonic Society Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Foreign members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Male classical organists Male classical pianists Male classical violinists Male opera composers People from Mělník District String quartet composers