Western Music History
How do you interpret Antonín Dvořák’s subtitle “From the New World”? Do you consider his “New World” Symphony an “American” work? Why or why not? How do symphonies such as this work exemplify aspects of exoticism and nationalism? Can you think of other examples of inspired work that has found a place in the social expected canon of “great” and “representative” music?…
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It was premiered in 1893 at the Carnegie Hall. This piece is one of the most popular symphonies to ever exist. It was originally numbered as symphony no 5. The symphony is in its very last bit an American piece, it was written when Dvorak was living in the city of New…
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