9 is nicknamed New World because Dvorak wrote it during the time he spent in the U.S.
This, combined with Dvorak's Bohemian heritage, results in music unlike any other composer's. I was reminded of how Johannes Brahms was moved by Dvorak's melodic gifts, as well as his ability to spin a seemingly infinite number of variations on a tune. That fact became painfully obvious to me during a recent visit to Japan, when I heard the symphony's beautiful English horn melody in a cheesy, electronic rendition, signaling "all clear to walk" at a bustling Sapporo intersection.Īs I returned to Dvorak's popular symphony recently, I was struck by how incredibly fresh the music really is. 9, the New World Symphony, is played so often that it runs the risk of sounding hackneyed. The Brooklyn Bridge, as Antonin Dvorak would have seen it when he lived and worked in New York in the 1890s.ĭvorak's Symphony No.
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