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Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Sticking Notes to Day - Episode Eight

De vorjac was deeply homesick, and in 18 95, despite wild success of this symphony and other pieces and adulation in america, he returned home to bohemia. He wrote the new world symphony, that chello concerto and the american string quartett,. three legend pieces that will stay in the classical repertoire until the end of time. As an administrator, he opened up the national conservatory in america in new york to black students. At one point during his tenure, there were 150 black students studying there. Perhaps most importantly, de vorjac, from his outsiders point of view, opened the eyes of many americans to the powerful

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