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| It is a common legend, that Dvorak should have used elements from American music like ]s and ] in that symphony. However, this is not the case, as Dvorak never claimed to have done so, and there is no similarity between the symphony and such elements. | |||
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Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) was a Czech composer of classical music. He spent most of his life in his home town of Prague, but it was during his visit to the United States that he wrote his most popular work, his ninth symphony From the New World. In this work he described landscapes, that he had seen while visiting the USA.
It is a common legend, that Dvorak should have used elements from American music like Spirituals and Native American music in that symphony. However, this is not the case, as Dvorak never claimed to have done so, and there is no similarity between the symphony and such elements.