If it were possible to listen to the following piece without knowing its nickname, labeling it simply “Symphony in E minor,” would we recognize it as distinctly American in its materials and their treatment?
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The Old-World Symphony That We Call ‘From the New World’
Are there truly American elements in Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9?
(Right) Antonin Dvorak. (Left) The composer premiered his "New World Symphony" at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1893. Public Domain
