Spillville, Iowa
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Spillville is a city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 385 at the time of the 2020 census. It is located in Calmar Township, approximately 4 mi west of Calmar and about 12
The Turkey River runs through town
Antonín Dvořák in Spillville
the stamp from Spillville's festival
The Bily Clocks Museum is located in Spillville. The museum contains clocks that were made by hand from the years 1913 to 1958. The clocks were made by Frank and Joseph Bily, together known as the Bily brothers. The same house contains the room where Antonín Dvořák lived in 1893 and where he composed his famous Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
The String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, nicknamed the American Quartet, is the twelfth string quartet composed by Antonín Dvořák. It was written in 1893, during Dvořák's time in the United State
Spillville, Iowa
…had relatives. There he composed the monumental Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", as well as two of his most famous chamber works, the String Quartet in F ("The American") and the String Quintet in E-flat. Spillville is also the site of the Inwood Ballroom, established in 1920 and the destination of several…
The last page of the autograph score with Dvořák's inscription: "Finished on 10 June 1893 in Spillville. Thanks God. I'm satisfied. It went quickly."