Who was the leading member of the jury that awarded Dvořák the Austrian State Prize for Composition?
Johannes Brahms
Franz Liszt
Richard Wagner
Gustav Mahler
Answer
Johannes Brahms was the leading member of the jury that awarded Dvořák the Austrian State Prize for Composition. Brahms was highly impressed by Dvořák's work and later recommended him to his publisher, Simrock.
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